期刊名称：Journal of Applied Linguistics and Literature
印刷版ISSN：2502-7816
电子版ISSN：2503-524X
出版年度：2018
卷号：2
期号：1
页码：44-50
DOI：10.33369/joall.v2i1.5868
出版社：UNIB Press
摘要：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.
