IMPROVING THE FIRST YEAR STUDENTS’ READING COMPREHENSION AND INTEREST IN READING BY USING SHORT STORY

Nurul Annisa Puri, Ag Bambang Setiyadi, Ujang Suparman

Abstract


Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengkaji apakah ada pengaruh langsung yang signifikan dari penggunaan cerita pendek pada peningkatan prestasi belajar membaca siswa dan minat siswa dalam membaca. Populasi penelitian ini adalah siswa tahun pertama SMAN 1 Punggur. kelompok dipilih dengan menggunakan teknik purposive sampling. Teknik pengumpulan data yang digunakan terdiri dari pre-test, post-test dan kuesioner. Data dianalisis menggunakan independent t-test kelompok melalui SPSS 16.0. Itu tvalue>ttabel (2.122> 2.000) dan nilai tvalue> ttabel (2. 742 > 2.000) dari p <0,05. Ini berarti bahwa H1 diterima bahwa ada efek langsung yang signifikan dari penggunaan cerita pendek pada peningkatan prestasi belajar membaca siswa dan pada peningkatan minat baca siswa. Dapat disimpulkan bahwa pada tahun pertama prestasi membaca pemahaman siswa dan minat membaca siswa meningkat dengan menggunakan cerita pendek di SMAN 1 Punggur.

 

The objectives of this research are to find out whether there is a significant direct effect of using short story on improving the students’ reading comprehension achievement and the students’ interest in reading. The population of this research was the first grade of SMAN 1 Punggur. The group was chosen by using purposive sampling technique. The data collection techniques used were the pre-test, post-test and questionnaire. The data were analyzed using independent group t-test through SPSS 16.0. That tvalue>ttable (2.122 > 2.000) and that tvalue>ttable (2. 742 > 2.000) than p < 0.05 it means that H1 is accepted that there is a significant direct effect of using short story on improving the students’ reading comprehension achievement and students’ reading interest. It can be concluded that on the first year students’ reading comprehension achievement and interest in reading students improved by using short stories at SMAN 1 Punggur.

 

Key words: short story, interest in reading, reading comprehension


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