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A Study on The Use of Islamic Stories to Encourage Students’ Interest in
Reading at Grade X Students of Madrasah Aliyah (MA) Ashri Jember; Chusnul
Khotimah, 060210401163; 70 pages; English Education Program, Language and
Arts Department, Faculty of Teacher Training and Education, Jember
University
Reading is one of the English skills that the students need to master. Through
reading, we can get information and share our ideas to other people around the world.
There are two aspects to increase the students interest in reading such as: First: must
be collected kinds of reading text that can be used to increase their knowledge and
Second, the teacher should use kinds of stories they like. The Islamic stories are kinds
of reading text which are useful to increase student’s interest in reading. They are
many important stories and are useful for human life. Without collected kinds of
reading text and if was not properly used, it is impossible to increase the students’
interest in reading.
This study was a descriptive research in the study on the use of Islamic stories
in enhancing students’ interest in reading of grade X students of Madrasah Aliyah
(MA) Ashri Jember.The purposes of this research were to know the extent of the
Islamic stories in enhancing students interest in reading. The problems of the research
was to what extent do the Islamic stories to enhance the students’ interest in reading.
In determining the respondents, population research was applied because the number
of grade X students was 71.
Data collection method was applied in this research by three ways. They were
questionnaire, interview, and documentation. The primary data was collected by
questionnaires. The results of the data analysis was analyzed to answer the research
problem. Then, it was analyzed by percentage formula was taken from respondents’
answer on the questionnaires. In addition, the supporting data was taken by interview
and documentation.
The research result showed that the grade X students’ have interest in reading | en_US |