USING STORY TELLING TO IMPROVE STUDENTS’ VOCABULARY MASTERY AT CLASS VIII OF SMP NEGERI 3 LASALIMU

Waode Hanafiah (Universitas Dayanu Ikhsanuddin)
Baharudin Adu (Universitas Dayanu Ikhsanuddin)
Farid Farid (Universitas Dayanu Ikhsanuddin)

English Education Journal (E2J)
Volume 6, Number 1, May 2020

The purpose of this study was to determine the increase in vocabulary mastery of the eight grade students of SMP Negeri 3 Lasalimu through local stories. This study used a pre-experimental design. The sample in this study were students of class VIII, amounting to 14 students. The instrument used in this study was a test. The results obtained are: 1) the pretest results obtained an average value of 43.21 and the posttest obtained an average value of 66.07%; 2) based on the results of hypothesis testing, sig. (2-tailed) is 0.000 <0.05, so it can be concluded that Ho was rejected and H1 was accepted. Therefore the use of regional folklore has a positive influence on vocabulary mastery of students in class VIII SMP Negeri 3 Lasalimu in the 2018/2019 academic year.