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This study aims to measure the reading literacy level of grade IV elementary school students (abbreviated as SD) in East Lombok with reading literacy parameters PIRLS 2011. The study aims at three aspects of reading: reading content comprehension, reading speed, and reading effectiveness. This study is expected to provide information about the position of literacy competence of grade IV elementary school students in East Lombok based upon PIRLS parameters and the formulation of recommendations for improving the reading literacy competence of elementary school students in East Lombok. Data was collected through reading tests, observations, and interviews. The study results show that the ability to understand the reading content of the study subjects of grade IV elementary school students in East Lombok was included in the low category, 0.51%, when compared to IEA countries between 15%, 19% and 24%. Reading speed is moderate, 151.1 words/minute compared to 130-180 words/minute on the national average. Reading effectiveness was low, at 34.9%, compared to 60-80 subjects in IEA member countries based on PIRLS standards. The ability to read in aspects of reading content comprehension at a low level, reading speed at a moderate level, and reading effectiveness at a low level is caused by external elements; the understanding of teachers, parents, society and government that reading is the ability to string words in a broader grammar. Internally, students are encouraged to read fluently to obtain factual information and the number of words read in a certain period.
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