Revitalizing Literacy through Ethnic Literature
Revitalizing Literacy through Ethnic Literature Arranged by Syarifah Khuraesin 1413132055 Literacy is fu ll y essentia l to socia l and human deve l opment in its abi l ity to transform l ives. Once these ski ll s are acquired, the reader can attain fu ll l anguage l iteracy, which inc l udes the abi l ities to app l y to printed materia l critica l ana l ysis, inference and synthesis; to write with accuracy and coherence; and to use information and insights from the text as the basis for informed decision and creative thought. Despite the l iteracy is essentia l , but the literacy rate of Indonesian students is comparatively low. It have shown that language education and language policy has failed to develop competitive literacy even among intellectuals. Thus, the literacy should be revitalize through literature. Any proposed solution should adress on three major relates aspects: language policy, curriculum, and teachers. First aspect is language policy. As multiling...