ABSTRAK
Skripsi ini membahas gambaran kegiatan Read Aloud yang dilakukan oleh orang tua di Kelurahan Ciganjur, apakah dilakukan karena telah memiliki wawasan read aloud sebelumnya atau tidak. Penelitian ini adalah penelitian kuantitatif dengan menggunakan metode survei. Sampel yang diambil berjumlah 85 orang dengan teknik pengambilan sampel aksidental. Hasil penelitian ini menunjukkan bahwa orang tua melakukan read aloud sesuai dengan kemampuan dan pengetahuan mereka. Read aloud dilakukan atas kesadaran orang tua bahwa anaknya dapat membaca sebelum memasuki pendidikan formal. Read aloud dapat mendorong anak menyampaikan ekspresi mereka selama mendengarkan cerita dan juga ekspresi orang tua selama membacakan, dengan demikian tidak menutup kemungkinan bahwa read aloud dapat mendorong anak menyukai buku dan aktivitas membaca.

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Abstract
The Focus of this study is to give a description about reading aloud activity which was done by parents in Ciganjur, to find out whether this activity was done because the parents_ has previous knowledge about reading aloud before or not. This research is a quantitative research with survey method. Accidental sample was taken from populatio n of 85. The result of the study shows that parents who did read aloud are based on their ability and knowledge. Reading aloud was done by parents_ awareness that their children should be able to read before they enroll the formal education. Read aloud can encourage children to convey their expressions as they listen to the story and also the expressions of their parents while they are reading the story, so it is possible that the reading aloud activity could encourage children to love books and reading.