THE EFFECT OF DIGITAL SHORT STORY ON STUDENTS’ READING SKILLS

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The low reading ability of students is apparently influenced by various factors, including the lack of use of learning media and learning materials. This research aims to determine whether or not there is a significant effect of using digital short stories on students’ reading skills. This research was tested on class 10 students of SMAN 3 Kota Bengkulu. The research method uses quasi-experiment. Based on the research results, it was found that there was an increase in students’ reading when using digital short story media. The average pre-test score was 55.94 and the post-test score was 71.72, meaning there was an improvement before and after treatment was given. So it can be concluded that there is a significant effect of digital short stories on students’ reading skills, this technique can be used by other researchers to improve the same reading abilities