THE EFFECTIVENESS OF STORYTELLING OF READING COMPREHENSION OF ELEVENTH GRADE STUDENTS MA BILINGUAL BATU

Abstract

Abstract: Reading is a fundamental skill to access information, as it allows the
reader to access information worldwide. However for EFL students, reading in
foreign language is not easy, and most information worldwide are written in
English. Therefore, good teaching method in reading is necessary to enhance
students’ reading comprehension. In this study, teaching method used to
investigate is storytelling as it promotes students' reading comprehension, it is
considered to be an effective method to develop the aspects of cognitive,
affective, social, and appreciation in learners. Therefore, the researcher is
interested in conducting research about the effectiveness of storytelling method
to improve reading comprehension. This study used experimental research
design to measure the difference between experimental group who receive
treatment and control group who receive conventional method. The data for
this research collected in the form of pretest and posttest score from 56 students
from the 11th grade students of MA Bilingual Batu. The data are analysed
using SPSS version 24 with independent sample t-test. The study concluded
that the students from the control group were dominant in reading
comprehension in terms of pre-test, but then outperformed in the post test by
experimental group who received treatment using storytelling method.
However, the result indicated no significant difference between control and
experimental group both in pretest and posttest as the significance level is more
than 0.05. This indicated that storytelling might help the students to improve
their reading comprehension.
Key Words: : Storytelling, effectiveness, reading comprehension.