Primary Literacy Program: Integrating Reading and Writing in The Classroom

This study aims at describing literacy program which integrates reading and writing in English for young learner classes in North Bali Bilingual Schools.The study follows a descriptive qualitative design, involving 4 teachers, school principal and 56 students of grade 4, 5, and 6.The data are collected through classroom observation and interview with the teachers, students, and the school principal.The findings of this study show that there are several strategies that can be effectively implemented in the primary literacy program for young learners learning English as a foreign language.These strategies comprise cooperative literacy program, interactive storytelling, reading respond journal and novel study.Each of these strategies is described and the impacts of their implementation on young learners' ability to read and write in English are explained.