Literacy Development Through Discussion of Literature for the Book Community in Semarang

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10.2991/assehr.k.200214.005How to use a DOI?

Keywords

literacy development, book community

Abstract

The word ‘community’ is used to indicate the circle of people who are united by similarities of hobbies and values while ‘literacy’ refers to the meaning of reading and writing. There is also a form of community initiated by the government with the aim of creating a knowledgeable society that is also connected with literacy. The example is ‘Rumah Pintar’. Rumah Pintar can be a means of community empowerment that accommodates various activities including literacy activities. ‘Rumah Pintar Puri Indah’ in Gedawang, Semarang, Central Java has potential to be developed so that it supports the literacy movement in the community. The purpose of this community service program is to improve the existence of Rumah Pintar Puri Indah through children’s literature discussion as a form of literacy development and provide knowledge also motivation about the importance of literacy. This activity was attended by Puri Indah managers and community representatives. In the results and discussion, this activity can generally be said to be successful. In the evaluation of the benefits of activities, participants agreed that they have gained knowledge about literacy, especially in children’s literature.

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© 2020, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Maharani Intan Andalas
AU  - Ema Zuliani Sembada
PY  - 2020
DA  - 2020/02/18
TI  - Literacy Development Through Discussion of Literature for the Book Community in Semarang
BT  - Proceedings of the International Conference on Social Studies and Environmental Issues (ICOSSEI 2019)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 28
EP  - 31
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.200214.005
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.200214.005
ID  - Andalas2020
ER  -