Increasing The Students’ Reading Short Story Ability Through Brainstorm Sheet Technique
Abstract
The objective of this research was to improve the students’ reading short story ability by English
department students at University of Muhammadiyah Sumatera Utara. The subjects were the
second semester students of English Department. The object of this research was the process of
learning to read a short story by techniques brainstorm sheet. Classroom action research was used
in this research. Data collection techniques used were (1) the testing technique which included the
tests to identify the intrinsic elements of retelling and (2) note techniques which included observation,
interviews,
and
questionnaires.
Based
on
the
results
of
data
analysis,
it
can
be
concluded
as
follows:
(1)
Mechanical
sheet
brainstorm
learning
could
enhance
the
learning
skills
of
students
to
read
short
stories.
Improvement
seen
in
the
quality
of
learning
was
liveliness
and
enthusiasm
of
students
in
the
study,
(2)
enhancement of products was always increasing the average value ob-
tained from each cycle. At this stage, the value of the class average was 58.20. In the first cycle,
it increased to 70.91and the second cycle rose to 85.60. So there was an increase of 14.69 viewed
from the first until the second cycle.