THE IMPROVING OF READING AND WRITING SKILLS THROUGH THE STRATEGIES OF PARTICIPATORY LEARNING WHICH LIFE SKILLS ORIENTED

This research was based on the existence of the women’s tendency at  Panawuan Village of the lack of utilizing the ability of reading and writing maximally. This tendency made them become clumsy on those abilities. Through the strategies of participatory learning that was focused on the needs and the consideration the local potentials, it is expected to increase their ability in reading and writing that would effect to their life skills. This research was aimed to describe the design, the implementation, the effectiveness, factors that obstruct the success  of strategies participatory learning in increasing the ability of reading and writing. This research used to quantitative approach with single subject  A-B-A. The results of the research are: (1) there were activities of reading and writing among the women in the group at Panawuan Village related to the objectives, period, time, teachers, and various time; (2) the design of participatory learning strategies in increasing the ability of reading and writing which was planned on the bases of the plans of program structure, place and time, learners, tutor, the relationship between learners and tutors, need identification, material, media, strategies, and the fictionalization of the results; (3) the implementation of participatory learning strategies  in learning reading writing and life skills ran well; (4) participatory learning strategies were effective to increase reading and writing ability viewed from each phase; (5) reading and writing ability could increase life skill in the case of knowledge, skills, and attitudes; (6) supporting factors of participatory learning strategies, among others, strong intrinsic and extrinsic motivation and the obstructive factors were on physical problem. Keywords : reading and writing skills, participatory learning strategies, life skills.