The Effect of Using Reading Short Story in Students’ Vocabulary Mastery at SMP HKBP PAJAK BARU BELAWAN.

Abstract

This study focused on finding out the effect of using reading short story in students’ vocabulary mastery. This study conducted in experimental research. This subject of study was the eight grade students at SMP HKBP PAJAK BARU BELAWAN. This study was conducted with two group namely Experimental Group and Control Group. The experimental group was taught by Reading Short Story , while the control group was taught by conventional strategy. The instrument of collecting the data was multiple choice which consist of 20 items. In the analysis the data, the mean of the students score for the pre test in experimental group 60, and the mean of the post test in experimental group is 75,25, the mean of for pre test in control group is 44, and the mean for post test is 72,75. The calculation shown the reliability was 0,5883. The data were analyzed by using T-test formula. The calculation shown that t-observed(4,46) was higher than t-table (1,686) at the level significant () 0,05 with the degree of the freedom (df) 38. It means that there was a significant effect of using Reading Short Story in students’ vocabulary mastery. So, Ha is accepted.