Proceedings of the 1st International Conference of Science and Technology in Elementary Education, ICSTEE 2019, 14 September, Makassar, South Sulawesi, Indonesia

Research Article

The Meaning Of Written Words

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  • @INPROCEEDINGS{10.4108/eai.14-9-2019.2289955,
        author={Andi Azizah Ramadani and Zulriska Afif Salam and Fitrah  Shara and A. N urfardhiah Gita Yani S and Putri Ilmi Darman and Ahmad  Ridfah},
        title={The Meaning Of Written Words},
        proceedings={Proceedings of the 1st International Conference of Science and Technology in Elementary Education, ICSTEE 2019, 14 September, Makassar, South Sulawesi, Indonesia},
        publisher={EAI},
        proceedings_a={ICSTEE},
        year={2019},
        month={12},
        keywords={reading comprehension syntax and vocabulary},
        doi={10.4108/eai.14-9-2019.2289955}
    }
    
  • Andi Azizah Ramadani
    Zulriska Afif Salam
    Fitrah Shara
    A. N urfardhiah Gita Yani S
    Putri Ilmi Darman
    Ahmad Ridfah
    Year: 2019
    The Meaning Of Written Words
    ICSTEE
    EAI
    DOI: 10.4108/eai.14-9-2019.2289955
Andi Azizah Ramadani1,*, Zulriska Afif Salam1, Fitrah Shara1, A. N urfardhiah Gita Yani S1, Putri Ilmi Darman1, Ahmad Ridfah1
  • 1: Faculty of Psychology, Makassar State University, Indonesia
*Contact email: aazizahr@gmail.com

Abstract

People have their own ability to understand words in a text and it is called reading comprehension. Reading comprehension involves errors in reading and reading techniques. Reading comprehension can be influenced by vocabulary (Aarnoutse & Van Leeuwe, 1998) and different levels of understanding the syntax (Sternberg & Sternberg, 2012) . This study aims to determine the effect of vocabulary training for students at Paccinang elementary school Makassar. This study was conducted for elementary school's students aged 7-8 years at Paccinang elementary school Makassar. This study used an experimental research method with the one pretest- test study design and using the Wilcoxon test for data analysis. The significance result shows 0.002 doesn't exceed the 0.05 significance level, thus providing explain that vocabulary training has an effect on reading comprehension for students aged 7-8 years in Paccinang elementary school Makassar.