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THE EFFECTIVENESS OF USING STORY MAPPING TO IMPROVE STUDENTS’ READING COMPREHENSION SKILL IN ENGLISH NARRATIVE TEXT ON X TKJ AT SMK NU PACE Mohamad Ali Murtadlo; Puput Zuli Ekorini
Journal of English Language Education Vol 1 No 1 (2025): Journal of English Language Education
Publisher : Universitas PGRI Mpu Sindok

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Reading comprehension skills are very important in an educational context, especially for students learning English as a foreign language. This study aims to evaluate the effectiveness of the story mapping method in enhancing students' reading comprehension skills in English narrative texts. The research was conducted at SMK NU Pace, focusing on students in class X TKJ-2, consisting of 30 students as a sample from a population of 207 students. The method used was Quasi Experimental with a One Group Pre-test - Post-test design. Data were collected through reading tests administered before and after the implementation of the story mapping method. Data analysis was performed using the sample t-test to determine significant differences in students' reading abilities. The results showed a significant difference in students' reading comprehension skills before and after the application of story mapping, with a t-value obtained of > = 1.699 (at a significance level of 5% and degrees of freedom = 29), indicating that the alternative hypothesis is accepted. So “There is a significant difference before and after being taught by using story mappimg effectively to improve reading comprehension of class X TKJ students at SMK NU Pace in the academic year 2023-2024”.
IMPROVING DESCRIPTIVE WRITING THROUGH 'VK'S PROJECT' AUDIOVISUAL: A QUASI-EXPERIMENTAL STUDY Selfiana Enjelia; Puput Zuli Ekorini
Journal of English Language Education Vol 1 No 2 (2025): Journal of English Language Education
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Many young people today frequently use more than one language, often mixing Indonesian with English in both oral and written communication. At MTs Al-Huda Gondang, a problem identified is students' lack of proficiency in constructing proper sentences, describing objects or events in detail, and understanding the correct structure of descriptive texts. This research aims to determine whether there is a significant difference in the descriptive text writing skills (on the topic of animals) of Grade VII students at MTs Al-Huda Gondang before and after the use of the "Vk's Project" audiovisual media in the learning process. This study employs a quantitative approach with a one-group pre-test-post-test experimental design. Data were collected twice using a pre-test (before treatment) and a post-test (after treatment) to compare students' writing skills. The sampling technique was convenience sampling. The results showed a mean pre-test score of 61.31 and a post-test score of 80.52. In the pre-test, 17 students (89%) scored below the minimum mastery criterion (KKM) of 75. In the post-test, 18 students (95%) achieved scores at or above the KKM. Data analysis using a paired sample t-test revealed that t_count > t_table (10.11 > 1.734), leading to the acceptance of the alternative hypothesis (Ha). Furthermore, the effect size calculation (Cohen's d = 2.32) indicates a very large practical significance. Therefore, it is concluded that the use of the "Vk's Project" audiovisual significantly improved students' descriptive text writing skills about animals. It is acknowledged that the study's design, lacking a control group, limits the ability to definitively attribute all improvement solely to the intervention..