Tiara, Elma Ika (2023) The Use Of The Short Story To Improve Reading Comprehension Of The Tenth Graders At MA Muhammadiyah Sinar Negeri Central Lampung. Undergraduate thesis, IAIN Metro.

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Abstract

The objective of the research is to find whether the use of the short story improve reading comprehension and learning activity of the tenth graders at MA Muhammadiyah Sinar Negeri Central Lampung. In addition, the students also have difficulty reading an English story. Therefore, this research was conducted to improve students reading comprehension through the use of short stories.

In this study researcher used Classroom Action Analysis (CAR) that consisted of two cycles. Every cycle consisted of three meetings; each involved four phases, namely: plan, action, observation and reflection. The instruments used to collect data are observation sheet, field note, task, test, and interview.

The research showed that using short story could improve the students reading comprehension. It could be seen from the result of the test as a whole. Starting from the result of the pre-test reading comprehension. With a percentage of 25 %, then in post-test I it increased to 70 %, and in post-test II it increased to 76 %. The researcher indicated that learning activity in cycle II was 85 %. It means that the learning activity is successfully influenced because the students‟ activity got percentage >75%. Therefore, it can be concluded that the short story strategy can improve the students reading comprehension and their learning activities.

Keywords: Narrative Text, Short Story and Classroom Action Research

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