The Impact of Reading Habits on English Proficiency in South African Grade 4 Township Learners

  • Siyasanga Stella Bavuma Walter Sisulu University, Komani Park, Queenstown, Eastern Cape,  Afrika Selatan
  • Lundi Nomlala Walter Sisulu University, Komani Park, Queenstown, Eastern Cape,  Afrika Selatan
DOI: https://doi.org/10.51169/ideguru.v10i3.2162

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Tujuan utama dari penelitian ini adalah untuk mengkaji pengaruh kebiasaan membaca terhadap kemahiran berbahasa Inggris di kalangan siswa kelas 4 English First Additional Language (EFAL) di Distrik O.R. Tambo Inland. Dengan menggunakan metode kualitatif yang dipandu oleh paradigma interpretivisme, penelitian ini mengumpulkan data melalui wawancara semiterstruktur dan diskusi kelompok terfokus (focus group discussion). Sebanyak tiga puluh siswa kelas empat dan dua guru dari sekolah dasar pilihan di wilayah township berpartisipasi dalam penelitian ini. Data yang terkumpul dianalisis menggunakan analisis tematik. Penelitian ini menyoroti tema-tema utama, termasuk praktik membaca, tantangan, dan struktur dukungan, yang dengan demikian mengungkapkan bagaimana faktor-faktor tersebut secara kolektif memengaruhi perkembangan kemahiran berbahasa Inggris di kalangan siswa kelas 4 FAL. Temuan penelitian menguraikan tema-tema utama yang muncul dari data, dengan menekankan bagaimana kebiasaan membaca memengaruhi kemahiran berbahasa Inggris. Penelitian ini menyimpulkan bahwa kegiatan membaca yang konsisten dan didukung dengan baik memainkan peran penting dalam membentuk kemahiran berbahasa Inggris siswa kelas 4 EFAL. Penelitian ini berkontribusi pada literatur yang ada dengan memberikan wawasan spesifik konteks mengenai sekolah-sekolah di wilayah township Afrika Selatan, sebuah area yang masih jarang diteliti. Penelitian ini menyarankan penerapan program membaca yang terfokus, peningkatan akses terhadap bahan bacaan di rumah dan di sekolah, serta penyediaan dukungan membaca yang dipandu oleh guru.

Kata Kunci: kebiasaan membaca, dampak, kemahiran bahasa, pengembangan literasi, sekolah township

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Bavuma, S. S., & Nomlala, L. (2026). The Impact of Reading Habits on English Proficiency in South African Grade 4 Township Learners. Ideguru: Jurnal Karya Ilmiah Guru, 10(3), 2665-2674. https://doi.org/10.51169/ideguru.v10i3.2162
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