BOOK BUDDIES CHILD STORY APPLICATION-BASED LEARNING MEDIA TO INCREASE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (SD) STUDENTS' READING INTEREST

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to raise primary students' interest in reading and to enhance their reading comprehension through media-based education using an Android app that is centered on the Indonesian folktale Book Buddies. The grades of the primary pupils level that the student checked at the beginning of the app landing page set apart the contents of the app. In this study, descriptive research was used in conjunction with quantitative data. The participants are media experts, content experts, English education learning practitioners, and Semarang elementary school students. The learning object is Book Buddies, an Android app based on an Indonesian folktale, which serves as a media-based learning tool for English-subject schools and incorporates visual communication, content, questioning, app design, software engineering, and language aspects. The study's outcome is an educational app that uses English-language Indonesian folklore as one of the media-based learning tools to improve primary students' reading comprehension and interest.