THE EFFECTIVENESS OF USING HUMOUR STORIES TO IMPROVE THE READING SKILL OF SEVENTH GRADERS

Rizky Fadilla

doi:10.53947/tspj.v1i3.88

Authors

Rizky Fadilla University of Muhammadiyah Jakarta, Indonesia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.53947/tspj.v1i3.88

Keywords:

Humour, Reading, Short story

Abstract

The study aimed to find out the use of The Humour Stories to improve the students' reading skills. The subject of this study was the seventh grade of An Nuriyah Islamic Junior High School 22 Jagakarsa in the academic year of 2018/2019, consisting of 25 students. The method of this study was a quantitative method with the design of a pre-experimental study. The data from the pre-test and post-test were analyzed statistically. This study showed that the average score of the students in the pre-test was 64.8, while the average score of students in the post-test was 80.4. This research analysis obtained that t-observation (t_o) of 1.997. Meanwhile, the t-table (t_t) is 1.708 with a significant 5% which means that tot_o is higher than t_t. So, the alternative hypothesis (H_a) is accepted, and the null hypothesis (H_o) is rejected (1.997>1.708). It can be concluded that the use of the humor stories of students of An Nuriyah Islamic Junior High School 22 Jagakarsa of 7th-grade students enhanced reading skills.

Author Biography

Rizky Fadilla, University of Muhammadiyah Jakarta, Indonesia

Faculty of Education

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