THE EFFECT OF USING STORY READING TECHNIQUE ON THE EIGHTH YEAR STUDENTS’ VOCABULARY ACHIEVEMENT AT MTs AL FIRDAUS SUCI JEMBER

Abstract

The primary data of this research were gained from the students’ vocabulary achievement in the form of post test scores. The supporting data were gained from the interview with the English teacher and documentation. The primary data were collected from the post test to make comparison between the two groups after treatment, and then they were analyzed by using Independent sample t-test on SPSS (Statistical Package of Social Science). Based on the calculation, the mean score of the experimental group was higher than that of the mean score of the control group (75.382 > 71.200). The value of sig column is 0.036 and this value is lower than 0.05. It means that the null hypothesis (H0) formulated: “there is no significant effect of using story reading on the eighth year students’ vocabulary achievement at MTs Al Firdaus Suci Jember in the 2013/20114 academic year” was rejected. Thus the alternative hypothesis (Ha): “there is a significant effect of using story reading on the eighth year students’ vocabulary achievement at MTs Al Firdaus Suci Jember in the 2013/20114 academic year” was accepted. In conclusion, it can be stated that Story Reading significantly affected the Eight year students’ vocabulary achievement at MTs Al Firdaus Suci Jember. The research results proved that there was a significant effect of using story reading on the eighth year students’ vocabulary achievement at MTs Al Firdaus Suci Jember in the 2013/20114 academic year. Therefore, it is recommended to the English teacher to also apply Story Reading to help students read effectively so as it enables increase their vocabulary achievement.