Improving Literacy Education in Indonesia
Saturday, 19 th April 2015 Improving Literacy Education in Indonesia Arranged by Syarifah Khuraesin 1413132055 L iteracy is essentia l for human deve l opment. The power of literacy lies in an individual’s capacity to put those skills to work in shaping the course of his or her own life. Despite the l iteracy is essentia l , but the literacy rate of Indonesian students is comparatively low. PIRLS and PISA report that creativity in writing journal articles and textbooks in academicians Indonesia is weak (Alwasilah, 2012) .It shows the failure of language and literacy education in Indonesia . Thus, literacy education should be improved in order to make Indonesia students being literate. There are three steps that can be done to improve literacy education in Indonesia: by providing professional teachers, redesign the curriculum, and redefine the current language policy. First step is by providing professional teachers because they are the spearhead of literacy. The st...