USING SHORT STORY TO IMPROVE STUDENT’S READING COMPREHENSION (A Study at the Second Year Student of SMPN 2 Kota Bengkulu )

Abstract

The title of this research is Using Short Story to Improve Students' Reading Comprehension
At the Second Year Students Of SMPN 2 Kota Bengkulu. The objective of this research was
to know the differences in students score and also to know whether the students interest was
improved or not, after did a treatment using short story and handbook. The instrument of these
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 differences both of
class was 0.15 point. While the result of post-test was 55.9 for the experimental class and 51.8
for the control class. The differences in both classes was 4.1. tt can be concluded that the
experiment was succesful. The explanation above shows 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.