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THE EFFECT OF SHORT STORY IN IMPROVING THE EIGHTH
GRADE STUDENTS’ VOCABULARY MASTERY
AT SMPN 2 PAMEKASAN
THESIS
BY:
ANGGRAENI NUR WIJAYANTI
201010100311110
ENGLISH DEPARTMENT
FACULTY OF TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION
UNIVERSITY OF MUHAMMADIYAH MALANG
MAY 2015
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THE EFFECT OF SHORT STORY IN IMPROVING THE EIGHTH
GRADE STUDENTS’ VOCABULARY MASTERY
AT SMPN 2 PAMEKASAN
THESIS
This thesis is submitted to meet one of the requirements to achieve
Sarjana Degree in English Education
BY:
ANGGRAENI NUR WIJAYANTI
201010100311110
ENGLISH DEPARTMENT
FACULTY OF TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION
UNIVERSITY OF MUHAMMADIYAH MALANG
MAY 2015
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MOTTO AND DEDICATION
MOTTO:
“A person who follows a path for acquiring knowledge, Allah
will make easy the passage to Paradise for him.”
(Prophet Muhammad SAW)
"Knowledge is power. Information is liberating. Education is
the premise of progress, in every society, in every family"
(Kofi Annan)
DEDICATION
I dedicate this thesis to:
My beloved father and mother,
My beloved sister,
And all of my beloved best friends
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Alhamdulillah, the greatest thanks belongs to ALLAH SWT for His Mercy and
Blessing given to the researcher in finishing her thesis. Sholawat and Salam may always
be given to Prophet Muhammad SAW who brought the lightness from the darkness.
First of all, the researcher would like to address her sincere gratitude to her first
advisor, Rahmawati Khadijah Maro S.Pd, M.PEd and Dian Arsitades, M.Pd her second
advisor, for their suggestion, invaluable guidance, and advice during consultations
periods, and their comment and correction during the completion of this thesis.
Moreover, she would like to dedicate this research to her beloved and wonderful
parents, Harry Budiman and Ridawati, who always become her inspiring people to do the
best in every chance she gets, and to her sister Lily, and also her boyfriend Lugi.
Finally, special thanks to her close friends (Iin, Mita, Eka, Far, Tyan, Putri, Sari,
Elliesa, Nila) who always accompanied her in doing the thesis, supported her when she
felt down.
The Researcher,
Anggraeni Nur Wijayanti
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
APPROVAL ................................................................................................... i
LEGALIZATION .......................................................................................... ii
ORIGINALITY DECLARATION ............................................................... iii
MOTTO AND DEDICATION...................................................................... iv
ABSTRACT .................................................................................................... v
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ............................................................................. vi
TABLE OF CONTENTS .............................................................................. vii
CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION
1.1 Background of Study .............................................................................. 1
1.2 Statement of the Problems ...................................................................... 4
1.3 Hyphothesis ............................................................................................. 4
1.4 Purpose of the Study ............................................................................... 4
1.5 Significant of the Study .......................................................................... 4
1.6 Scope and Limitation .............................................................................. 5
1.7 Definition of Key Terms ......................................................................... 5
CHAPTER II: REVIEW OF LITERATURE
2.1 Vocabulary ................................................................................................. 6
2.2 The Importance of Vocabulary .................................................................. 7
2.3 Teaching Vocabulary ................................................................................. 7
2.4 The Technique of Teaching Vocabulary.................................................... 13
2.5 Short Story ................................................................................................. 18
2.5.1 Definition of Short Story ................................................................. 19
2.5.2 Types of Short Story ........................................................................ 19
2.5.2.1 Fantasy ................................................................................. 19
2.5.2.2 Adventure............................................................................. 20
2.5.2.3 Real People .......................................................................... 20
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2.5.3 Benefit of Short Story in Learning Vocabulary ............................... 20
2.5.4 The Advantages of Story in Teaching Vocabulary .......................... 21
CHAPTER III RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
3.1 Research Design ........................................................................................ 23
3.2 Population and sample ............................................................................... 25
3.3 Research Instrument................................................................................... 26
3.4 Treatment ................................................................................................... 27
3.4.1 Treatment for Experimental Group.................................................. .28
3.4.2 Teaching Learning Process of Control Group ................................. .28
3.5 Data Collection .......................................................................................... 29
3.6 Data Analysis ............................................................................................. 30
3.6.1 Validity of Test ................................................................................ 30
3.6.2 Level of Difficulty ........................................................................... 31
3.6.3 Disriminating Power ........................................................................ 33
3.6.4 Reliability of Test ............................................................................ 34
3.6.5 Test Analysis.................................................................................... 35
CHAPTER IV FINDINGS AND DISCUSSIONS
4.1 Researh Finding ........................................................................................ 38
4.1.1 The result of Pre-Test of the Experimental Group .......................... 39
4.1.2 The result of Pre-Test of the Control Group .................................... 39
4.1.3 The Conclusion of the Pre-Test ....................................................... 40
4.1.4 The result of Post-Test of the Experimental Group ......................... 40
4.1.5 The result of Post-Test of the Control Group .................................. 41
4.1.6 The Result of Hypothesis Testing .................................................... 42
4.2 Discussion ................................................................................................. 43
CHAPTER V CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTION
5.1 Conclusions ............................................................................................... 45
5.2 Suggestion ................................................................................................. 46
References ....................................................................................................... 48
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Appendix
Appendix I Short story about narrative text ..................................................... 50
Appendix II Question of pre-test and post-test ................................................ 54
Appendix III Scores of Experimental Group ................................................... 56
Appendix IV Scores of Control Group ............................................................ 57
Appendix V Computation pre-test mean sores ................................................ 68
Appendix VI Computation post-test mean sores ............................................. 61
Appendix VII Table “t” value .......................................................................... 64
Appendix VIII Index of Level difficulty and item Discrimination pre-test ..... 65
Appendix IX Reliability in pre-test by Kuder Richardson (KR20) ................. 68
Appendix X Result of pre-test in Control Group ............................................. 71
Appendix XI Result of post-test in Control Group .......................................... 77
Appendix XII Result of pre-test in Experimental Group ................................. 82
Appendix XIII Result of post-test in Experimental Group .............................. 87
Appendix XIV Picture of students in the class ................................................ 92
Appendix XV Criteria Standard Minimum (KKM)......................................... 93
Appendix XVI Table 3.4 The Treatment of Exprimental Group..................... 100
Appendix XVII Table 3.5 The Teaching Learning of Control Group ............. 102
Appendix XVIII Lesson Plan........................................................................... 103
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