GAME “SEPAK TEKONG” AS A METHOD FOR INCREASING THE ABILITY OF READING SITUATION IN PRIMARY SCHOOL
Abstract
In every country have a game that fulfills the loaded cultural literacy. Indonesia also has a few tradisional games. One of the games that have loaded the literacy culture that is sepak tekong in the Minangkabau. The purpose of this study is so that make sepak tekong games become learning methods to improve the ability to read the situation of primary school students and preserve sepak tekong games in everyday life. The game of sepak tekong is one of the traditional Minangkabau games. sepak tekong games are carried out in groups where one person keeping of the tekong and the rest is hiding. Those in hiding read the situation from guards to be able kicking tekong. The ability to read situations can increase creativity and sensitivity of students in the scope of interpretive skills to predicting or deciding an action. This study is a library research where the implementation uses literature. The hope of researchers is to make sepak tekong games as a method of learning to read fun for primary school students, especially improving the ability to read the situation.