TEACHING READING COMPREHENSION BY USING SHORT STORY AT THE TENTH YEAR STUDENTS OF SMAN 4 PALOPO (A Classroom Action Research)

ABSTRACT
Resni, 2013 Teaching Reading Comprehension by Using Short Story (An Action
Research Given to Students at the Tenth year of SMAN 4 Palopo). A
thesis of English Studies Program of Tarbiyah Departement of State
College for Islamic Studies (STAIN) of Palopo. Under Supervisor (1)
Amalia Yahya, SE., M.Hum., (2) Syamsudarni, S.Pd.I.,M.pd.

Key Word : Reading Comprehension, Short Story
The research aims to find out the appropriate way in teaching reading
comprehension through short story. The researcher limit the discussion by stating the
following problem: “How can the use of short story improve students’ reading
comprehension at the tenth year of SMAN 4 Palopo?”
This thesis employed Classroom Action Research (CAR) with two cycles
namely the first cycle and the second cycle. Each cycle consists of four step, namely
planning, action, observation and reflection. There were four meeting during the
research cycle. The sample of this study was class X
4
consists of 17 students. In
collecting the data, the researcher used the observation list and test in evaluation
(reflecting).
The result of this study revealed that the cycle 2 was better than the cycle 1
scores. The students showed a great enthusiasm during the lesson reading. The mean
score of the cycle 2 is 87,94. The reading comprehension mastery of students was
increase after the cycle 2. The appropriate ways of using short story in teaching
reading comprehension are: (1). is use efficient silet reading technique,(2) guess the
meaning of a word,(3) analyze vocabulary and,(4) identify the purpose in reading.