THE USE OF STORY FACE STRATEGY IN IMPROVING THE STUDENT’S READING COMPREHENSION OF RECOUNT TEXT AT SMP NEGERI 3 MRANGGEN

Wulandari, Dina Martsella. The Use of Story Face Strategy in Improving The
Student’s Reading Comprehension of Recount Text at SMP Negeri 3
Mranggen.. Final Project, English Study Program, Faculty of Language
and Arts Education, Universitas PGRI Semarang. Supervisor I: Dr.
Wiyaka, M.Pd, Supervisor II: Fitri Yulianti, S.Pd.M.Pd.
In process of learning the teacher have to make a creative strategy where
the students are more interested in the subject. So, one of the strategies
that can help students understand reading text is the story face strategy.
Story face is an adaptation of story mapping. The main purpose of this
study was to find out whether there was a significant difference in the
reading performance of the students between those who are taught by
using the story face strategy and who are taught without using the story
face strategy. This study used the quantitative research method. A quasi�experimental design was applied in carrying out this study. The population
was 8th grade junior high school. The sample of this research was 60
students. To collect the data, researcher used test. SPSS 27 version applied
to analyze the data. From the analysis, it was found that there is a
difference in scores between the experimental and control groups. The
experimental group's pre-test score was 62.73, and the post-test score was
81.00. There was an increase after receiving the story face strategy
treatment. In addition, the control group's score was 62.67, and the post�test was 72.93. The experimental group scored higher. T-test using an
Independent Sample Test with Asymp.Sig (2-tailed) value of 0.001
<0.050, so Ha is accepted, and Ho is rejected. T-table test results are df =
30+30-2=58. The researcher used the table of significant degree 5%, so the
t-table was -1.671/+1.671. The t-test value surpassed the corresponding t�table value (5.380 > 1.671), and the p-value was 0.001, which is less than
the significance level of 0.050. The results showed the effective
application of the story face strategy in reading recount text. Students were
able to improve their skills in reading comprehend with using story face
strategy.
Keywords: reading comprehension, recount text, story face strategy