<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><bold>Introduction:</bold> Issues of urgency in learning include interest in reading and social skills in primary schools. Interest in reading and social skills are some of the basic things that are always integrated into all learning. Therefore, learning requires appropriate media to overcome these problems, one of which is a sociocultural-based reflective picture storybook (SRPS) media.<bold>Purpose:</bold> The purpose of this article is to know the importance of SRPS media to increase the reading interest and social skills of elementary school students.<bold>Methods:</bold> In the paper, the method of a comparative literature review is applied.<bold>Conclusion:</bold> This concludes that SRPS media is important to increase the reading interest and social skills of elementary school students. To improve social skills and reading fondness, a media that is suitable for the characteristics of students is needed. Students’ interest in pictorial stories can be used as a solution to overcome the problem of low social skills and students’ fondness of reading characters that need to be improved. SRPS media is important to be developed in future research.</abstract>

Introduction: Issues of urgency in learning include interest in reading and social skills in primary schools. Interest in reading and social skills are some of the basic things that are always integrated into all learning. Therefore, learning requires appropriate media to overcome these problems, one of which is a sociocultural-based reflective picture storybook (SRPS) media.Purpose: The purpose of this article is to know the importance of SRPS media to increase the reading interest and social skills of elementary school students.Methods: In the paper, the method of a comparative literature review is applied.Conclusion: This concludes that SRPS media is important to increase the reading interest and social skills of elementary school students. To improve social skills and reading fondness, a media that is suitable for the characteristics of students is needed. Students’ interest in pictorial stories can be used as a solution to overcome the problem of low social skills and students’ fondness of reading characters that need to be improved. SRPS media is important to be developed in future research.

The Importance of Sociocultural-Based Reflective Picture Storybook Media to Increase Reading Interest and Social Skills of Elementary School Students

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Introduction: Issues of urgency in learning include interest in reading and social skills in primary schools. Interest in reading and social skills are some of...

The Importance of Sociocultural-Based Reflective Picture Storybook Media to Increase Reading Interest and Social Skills of Elementary School Students

Published Online: Apr 06, 2021

Page range: 111 - 120

Received: Apr 13, 2020

Accepted: Sep 14, 2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/atd-2021-0008

Keywords
learning, modules, sociocultural, elementary school students, critical thinking

© 2021 Citra Rahmawati et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

The Importance of Sociocultural-Based Reflective Picture Storybook Media to Increase Reading Interest and Social Skills of Elementary School Students

Published Online: Apr 06, 2021

Page range: 111 - 120

Received: Apr 13, 2020

Accepted: Sep 14, 2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/atd-2021-0008

Keywordslearning, modules, sociocultural, elementary school students, critical thinking

© 2021 Citra Rahmawati et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Keywords
learning, modules, sociocultural, elementary school students, critical thinking