A STUDY ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF SHORT STORIES IN TEACHING READING COMPREHENSION

ABSTRACT
Ika Mulya Sari, A 121 16141. A Study on the Implementation of Short Stories
in Teaching Reading Comprehension ,Faculty of Teacher Training and
Education, Tadulako University, under the Supervision of Mukrim and Afrillia
Anggreni.
The objective of this research is to analyze short stories in teaching
reading comprehension. Suryani (2020) the use of short stories media in
reading comprehension can media improve students reading comprehension
and learning activity. This study was conducted by using library research
method. The data sources was taken from Hill (2010) as the primary data. The
procedure were; 1 Explain the characteristic of short story that usually begins
with the words like’ Once upon time or one day. 2 Introduces the character of
the story that includes the place and the time.3 Discuss the setting of short
story that includes the place and time. 4 Pronounces the name of charactersand
the key words then the students follow hi/her. 5 Discuss the ain event of short
story part by part by asking the questions to students. 6 Gives the conclusion of
short story. 7 Closes the learning process by asking the students about the
content of story or asking for the story according to their opinion. The secondary
data of the implementation of short stories was taken from academic writings.
The secondary data consisted five journal academic writings;Hafiz Ahad
bilal,Abul Rehman Tariq,Asif Masood,Ghazala Nasi,Asser Iqbal (2013),
Muhammad Lukan Syafi (2018), Yustina Jeni (2020) Zanuba Arifah
Khofshoh,Moch Arifin (2021), Sherly Franshisca ( 2021). The results of the
students tests as well as their on- going assesments, it is found out the
students reading comprehension was gradually improving. It means that there
was a positive effect of using Online Short stories towards the student reading
ability.
Key Words: Reading Comprehension, Short Stories