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The objective of this research was to know the differences in students score and also to know whether the student’s interest was improved or not, after did a treatment using short story and handbook. The instrument of this research was questionnaire. The result from short story was satisfactory. The mean score from pre-test was 45.1 for experimental class and 45.25 for control class. The difference both of class was 0.15 point. The result of post-test was 55.9 for the experimental class, and 51.8 for the control class. The difference in both classes was 4.1. It can be concluded that the experiment was success. The explanation above showed that the differences in improving students’ score and interest by giving the treatment, and the differences score between two classes are significant. It means that reading activity by using short story could improve students reading comprehension in class I of SMPN 2 Kota Bengkulu.
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Frimasary, A. E., & Syahrial, S. (2018). USING SHORT STORY TO IMPROVE STUDENT’S READING COMPREHENSION (A STUDY AT THE SECOND YEAR STUDENT OF SMPN 2 KOTA BENGKULU). JOALL (Journal of Applied Linguistics and Literature), 2(1), 44–50. https://doi.org/10.33369/joall.v2i1.5868
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References
Burns, Paul. C., Roe, Betty. D. and Ross, Elinor. P.1984. Teaching Reading in Today’s Elmentary Schools. Boston : Houghton Mifflin Comapany.
Leipzig, D.H. 2001. What is Reading. WWW.Google.co.id. 17 November 2007. 03pm.
Mason, Jana. M. and Au, Kathryn. H. 1990. Reading Instruction for Today. USA: Harper Collins Publishers.
Ramlan. 2002. Improving Students Reading Motivation by Using Anecdote. Unpublished Thesis. Bengkulu: Universitas Bengkulu.