The Use of Funny Story in Teaching Reading

DOI

10.2991/assehr.k.210226.049How to use a DOI?

Keywords

funny story, reading, motivation, comprehension

Abstract

Mastering reading skill needs learners’ experiences. The experiences could be enriched by the motivation of the learners to read. It is believed a funny story is an interesting reading material that can help the learners achieve comprehension. The purposes of this research are to describe the procedures of teaching reading by using funny stories and to describe the students’ responses to the use of funny stories in teaching reading. The research was qualitative. The data of this research were taken from the observation, interview, and questionnaire. Meanwhile, the techniques of data analysis are using data reduction, data display, and conclusion drawing. Based on the result of the research, it was found out that the researcher follows the procedures of teaching such as reading the funny stories in a loud voice, giving the clues to the difficult words, asking the students to do the exercises, then asking the students in groups to give their comments and judgments about the story. Meanwhile, the responses show that almost all students agree that funny stories could be used as reading material. The topics given to the students are interesting, and the students look enthusiastic in reading class. The implication is the use of funny stories could motivate the students to read and improve their comprehension.

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© 2021, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Brigitta Septarini Rahmasari
PY  - 2021
DA  - 2021/03/01
TI  - The Use of Funny Story in Teaching Reading
BT  - Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Arts Language and Culture (ICALC 2020)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 69
EP  - 75
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.210226.049
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.210226.049
ID  - Rahmasari2021
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