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Enhancing vocabulary mastery in senior high school students through short story reading: An experimental study

Year: 2025

Type: article

Abstract: This study explores the effectiveness of short stories as a teaching tool to enhance vocabulary mastery among senior high school students. The research involved 33 eleventh-grade social studies students from a public high school in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, using a one-group pretest-posttest experimental design. Over four class sessions, students engaged with short stories to improve their vocabulary. Vocabulary proficiency was assessed through tests administered before and after the intervention, with data analyzed using SPSS version 25. The pretest revealed a moderate vocabulary level, with an average score of 54.42. Post-intervention results showed significant improvement, with the average score increasing to 85.39. Statistical analysis yielded a t-value of 39.689, exceeding the critical t-value of 2.042, thus supporting the hypothesis (H1) that short story reading significantly enhances vocabulary mastery in EFL students.

Source: Englisia Journal of language education and humanities

DOI: 10.22373/ej.v12i2.26580

Authors: Sri Rejeki Murtiningsih, Anissa Ilsanti, Didit Haryadi

Institutions: Muhammadiyah University of Yogyakarta, Suranaree University of Technology

Language: English

Topic: Second Language Acquisition and Learning

Subfield: Developmental and Educational Psychology

Field: Psychology

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Quality education

Open Access status: diamond

OpenAlex ID: W4410158039

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