Syam, Rezky Shaafiyah (2020) The Students’ Reading Ability to Comprehend Short Story through Wh-Question at the Second Grade of SMPN 2 Patampanua Kabupaten Pinrang. Undergraduate thesis, IAIN Parepare.

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Abstract

Short story is one of the ways to overcome wh-questions problems. Short story is a simple literary text will be easy to be read by the students in short time because the length is only two thousand words or fewer. Through simple and short storyline, they will be encouraged to continue reading it until the conflict is resolved. In other word, the short story can reduce their anxiety and help them to feel more relax while reading English text. This study examined the use of wh-question to comprehend short story. The research aimed was to find out whether the students able to master short story through wh-question. The population of this research was the second grade students of SMPN 2 Patampanua Kabupaten Pinrang which had 181 students. The writer just took one class as sample that was VIII-3 which consisted of 21 students and applied purposive sampling technique. This research was conducted by using pre-experimental method with one group on pre-test and post-test design. This research was conducted in five meetings which consist of one meeting for pre-test, three meeting for treatment, and one meeting for post-test. The data were gathered through quantitative data. The result of the data analysis showed that the students’ achievement on the pre-test was 42.28 and post-test was 63.24. It meant that there was a significant difference before and after giving treatment. After analyzing the data by using the t-test formula, the result of the t-test value (3.88) was greater than t-table value (2.086). This indicated that the hypothesis of research was accepted. In conclusion, the students were able to comprehend short story through wh-question at the second grade of SMPN 2 Patampanua Kabupaten Pinrang.

Item Type: Thesis (Undergraduate)
Uncontrolled Keywords: Wh-Question, Short Story
Subjects: 13 EDUCATION > 1301 Education Systems > 130106 Secondary Education
Divisions: Fakultas Tarbiyah > Program Studi Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris
Depositing User: Users 2757 not found.
Date Deposited: 23 Sep 2024 03:04
Last Modified: 23 Sep 2024 03:04
URI: https://repository.iainpare.ac.id/id/eprint/7687

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