Increasing students’ vocabulary mastery in reading through short story (A Classroom Action Research at the Eighth Grade Students of MTs Negeri 2 Mataram in the Academic Year of 2012/2013)
Penulis Utama
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Agung Guritno
NIM / NIP
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S891108004
×This research aims at describing: (1) whether and to what extent short
stories are able to increase the students? vocabulary mastery in reading, (2) the
most significant improvement in terms of the use of vocabularies drawn from
short stories, (3) the strengths and weaknesses of implementing short stories in
increasing the student?s vocabulary mastery in reading. The students have limited
vocabulary that causes another difficulty such as in spelling and pronouncing the
words; determine the meaning of the words and using the words into the sentence
form.
The research was conducted in MTs Negeri 2 Mataram. The subject of the
research was the eighth grade students of class VIII C. That consisted of 38
students; 16 males and 22 females. Classroom Action Research was conducted in
three cycles and each cycle consisted of four meetings. Each cycle implemented
four steps; planning, acting, observing and reflecting. There were two kinds of
data in this research, qualitative and quantitative. The qualitative data were
collected through observations, interviews, questioners and diary. The quantitative
data were collected through the students? score in pre-test and post-tests. The
qualitative data were analyzed using Constant Comparative Method (CCM) while
the quantitative data were analyzed using Descriptive Statistics (DS).
The research findings show that: 1) short stories can increase the students?
vocabulary mastery in reading. The domain of vocabulary mastery itself covers
four indicators; spelling, pronunciation, meaning and words in use, 2) the most
significant improvement among the indicators used is in the meaning aspect, 3)
the strengths of the implementation of the short stories were; a) the students?
ability to spell, to pronounce, to determine the meaning of the words and construct
the sentence using the words was increased, b) short stories could enrich students?
knowledge and understanding about Indonesia culture, c) short stories provide
enjoyment for the students in learning English, d) the students? motivation,
interest, concentration and self awareness became higher when they were taught
English by using short stories. While the weakness of implementing the short
stories were the time constraint.
Therefore, the use of short stories is very promising especially for the
teachers who need an alternative material to increase their students? vocabulary
mastery in reading.
Keywords: vocabulary mastery, reading, short story, classroom action research.
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Penulis Utama
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Agung Guritno
Penulis Tambahan
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1. 2.
NIM / NIP
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S891108004
Tahun
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2013
Judul
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Increasing students’ vocabulary mastery in reading through short story (A Classroom Action Research at the Eighth Grade Students of MTs Negeri 2 Mataram in the Academic Year of 2012/2013)
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Imprint
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Surakarta - Pascasarjana - 2013
Program Studi
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S-2 Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris
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UNS-Pascasarjana Prog. Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris-S891108004-2013
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Status
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Public
Pembimbing
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1. Prof. Dr. Joko Nurkamto, M.Pd. 2. Dra. Diah Kristina, M.A, Ph.D.
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Sekolah Pascasarjana
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