PENGGUNAAN METODE FONIK PADA PENGEMBANGAN LITERASISISWA TK AUTIS

AbstractAn autism carrier had difficulty in communicating because they had disturbance in their languagedevelopment. This dealt with autism students’ literacy. The research purpose was to know the usage ofphonic method to literacy developing to the autism students of kindergarten in TK Puri Mutiara BundaSidoarjo. The research was focused to pre reading and pre writing abilities of autism students ofkindergarten using phonic method.This research used quantitative approach with one group pre test-post test design arrangement. The datacollection techniques were observation, test, and documentation. The data analysis technique used helpertable of statistic analysis, Wilcoxon Match Pairs Test.The research result indicated that literacy developing of autism students of kindergarten hadsignificant enhancement after giving treatment by phonic method. The result of data analysis withsignificant level 5% indicated that T counted > T table so that Ho was refused and Ha was accepted.Keywords: Autism, Literacy, Phonic Metho