The Effect of Using WhatsApp Media Toward Students’ Reading Comprehension on Narrative Text At The Tenth Grade of SMAN 9 Mandau

Wahyu Muhammad Zul'Arif

Jolly: Journal of English Education
Vol. 2 No. 2 (2024): Jolly: Journal of English Education

This study was conducted to determine The effect of using WhatsApp media toward students’ reading comprehension on narrative text at the tenth grade of SMAN 9 Mandau. Quantitative method with a quasi-experimental research design. The research population is all class X which totals 329 students consisting of 9 classes. Due to the large population, the researcher took a sample of 68 students. In this study, the average pre-test score of the experimental class was 65.64 and the control class was 54.73. Meanwhile, the experimental post-test class was 76.47 and the control class was 68.44. It can be concluded that there is a significant influence on the ability to read narrative text through WhatsApp media.