Open AccessTHE EFFECTIVENESS OF USING HUMOUR STORIES TO IMPROVE THE READING SKILL OF SEVENTH GRADERS
Author(s) -
Rizky Fadilla,
Dirgantara Wicaksono
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
the social perspective journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2807-856X
DOI - 10.53947/tspj.v1i3.88
Subject(s) - reading (process) , mathematics education , test (biology) , psychology , null hypothesis , subject (documents) , mathematics , statistics , computer science , linguistics , biology , paleontology , philosophy , library science
The study aimed to find out the use of The Humour Stories to improve the students' reading skills. The subject of this study was the seventh grade of An Nuriyah Islamic Junior High School 22 Jagakarsa in the academic year of 2018/2019, consisting of 25 students. The method of this study was a quantitative method with the design of a pre-experimental study. The data from the pre-test and post-test were analyzed statistically. This study showed that the average score of the students in the pre-test was 64.8, while the average score of students in the post-test was 80.4. This research analysis obtained that t-observation (to) of 1.997. Meanwhile, the t-table (tt) is 1.708 with a significant 5% which means that toto is higher than tt. So, the alternative hypothesis (Ha) is accepted, and the null hypothesis (Ho) is rejected (1.997>1.708). It can be concluded that the use of the humor stories of students of An Nuriyah Islamic Junior High School 22 Jagakarsa of 7th-grade students enhanced reading skills.