PENGEMBANGAN BAHAN AJAR MEMBACA PERMULAAN BERBASISI METODE GLOBAL DI KELAS 1 SEKOLAH DASAR

Abstract

This study was motivated by the low early reading skills of first-grade elementary school students and the limited availability of teaching materials, which were still conventional and did not adequately meet students' learning characteristics. The research was grounded in the theories of teaching materials, early reading instruction, and the global method, which emphasizes learning through whole sentences before breaking them down into words, syllables, and letters. The objective of this study was to develop global method-based early reading teaching materials that are valid, practical, and effective. This research employed the Research and Development (R&D) method using the 4-D model, consisting of the Define, Design, Development, and Dissemination stages. Data were collected through interviews, expert validation sheets, teacher and student practicality questionnaires, and early reading achievement tests. The research participants were 28 students from Class IA at SDN 29 Dadok Tunggul Hitam, Padang City. The findings indicated that the developed teaching materials achieved a high level of validity, with material expert validation of 81.8%, language expert validation of 80.76%, and design expert validation of 94%. The practicality test results were 93.75% and 90.62% from teachers and 96.87% from students, all categorized as highly practical. The effectiveness test yielded a score of 90.32%, indicating that the teaching materials were highly effective. Therefore, the global method-based early reading teaching materials are appropriate for use in Indonesian language instruction for first-grade elementary school students.