Efforts To Increase The Reading Interest Of State Junior High School Students 1 Kotapinang Through Literacy Programs

Abstract

This research aims to find out how the process of implementing literacy programs in SMP Negeri 1 Kotapinang, then the factors that affect literacy programs in SMP Negeri 1 Kotapinang and want to know how the reading interest of students of SMP Negeri 1 Kotapinang before and after literacy programs are applied. This literacy program is a program created by the government, and SMP Negeri 1 Kotapinang has implemented the program, but has never previously done research related to this. Therefore, there needs to be research related to the literacy program. The methodology used in this research is a qualitative research methodology with a descriptive approach. The results of this study showed that the literacy program at SMP Negeri 1 Kotapinang was held on Monday and Thursday. This literacy program is done before the first lesson hours begin. In its implementation, students will be asked to read the book used during the literacy program, then review the book and read it. The factors that affect literacy programs in SMP Negeri 1 Kotapinang are the lack of students' reading skills, the support of the library, the lack of students' reading habits, and the impact of technological progress. The existence of literacy programs in SMP Negeri 1 Kotapinang makes students' reading interest increase.