JoTELL: Journal of Teaching English, Linguistics, and Literature
Vol. 1 No. 11 (2022): JoTELL: Journal of Teaching English, Linguistics, and Literature

THE USE OF SHORT STORY TO INCREASE STUDENTS’ VOCABULARY

Intan Korompot (Universitas Negeri Manado)
Paula Hampp (Universitas Negeri Manado)
Rinny Rorimpandey (Universitas Negeri Manado)



Article Info

Publish Date
06 Oct 2022

Abstract

A short story is a story that is written shorter than a novel and longer than a fable. Short stories focus on larger or smaller issues and focus on building strong feelings from the readers. A short story tells about one aspect of a character's life. This aspect of life can be an event, a picture of a feeling, or a simple action in the life of a character. Short stories can also influence or even inspire readers. Because it is no longer a taboo if short stories are widely used in the English learning process. One of the important aspects in learning English is Vocabulary. Teaching this aspect is neither easy nor difficult. There are many things that teachers can use to improve vocabulary, because vocabulary in the learning process needs to use appropriate techniques/methods, one of which can use short stories. Therefore, this study wanted to find out how the effect of short stories on increasing students' vocabulary. In the process, this research uses a quantitative approach with a pre-experimental design. In this design, the model is one group pre-test and post-test. 20 students of class VIII A were taken as samples in this study, to calculate the results of the student test, the researcher used the mean score formula to analyze the data. As the results, the short story in the form of a storyline has a lot of vocabulary, so that the students' vocabulary is increasing, this is proven by the significant difference between the students' pre-test and post-test.A short story is a story that is written shorter than a novel and longer than a fable. Short stories focus on larger or smaller issues and focus on building strong feelings from the readers. A short story tells about one aspect of a character's life. This aspect of life can be an event, a picture of a feeling, or a simple action in the life of a character. Short stories can also influence or even inspire readers. Because it is no longer a taboo if short stories are widely used in the English learning process. One of the important aspects in learning English is Vocabulary. Teaching this aspect is neither easy nor difficult. There are many things that teachers can use to improve vocabulary, because vocabulary in the learning process needs to use appropriate techniques/methods, one of which can use short stories. Therefore, this study wanted to find out how the effect of short stories on increasing students' vocabulary. In the process, this research uses a quantitative approach with a pre-experimental design. In this design, the model is one group pre-test and post-test. 20 students of class VIII A were taken as samples in this study, to calculate the results of the student test, the researcher used the mean score formula to analyze the data. As the results, the short story in the form of a storyline has a lot of vocabulary, so that the students' vocabulary is increasing, this is proven by the significant difference between the students' pre-test and post-test.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

jotell

Publisher

Subject

Education Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media

Description

JoTELL Journal of Teaching English, Linguistics, and Literature is a peer-reviewed journal and published monthly; publishing research reports and conceptual analysis; within the fields of teaching English, English literature, and linguistics. It is published by the English Education Study Program of ...