Improving Students' Reading Comprehension in Narrative Text by Using Fairy Tale: a Case Study at SMAN 6 WAJO = Improving Students' Reading Comprehension in Narrative Text by Using Fairy Tale: a Case Study at SMAN 6 WAJO

ABSTRACT
Widya Ramadhani. Improving Students’ Reading Comprehension in Narrative Text by Using Fairy tale: A Case Study at SMAN 6 Wajo (Supervised by Abidin Pammu and Hidayatullah Yunus).
Lack of students' interest in learning English cause that their reading comprehension in English is low. Therefore, teachers need to develop more interesting learning methods. Using fairy tales as a medium in learning is one way that can be used to improve students' reading comprehension.
The objectives of this research were to explore how effective the use of fairy tales was in improving students' reading comprehension. The second is to find out students' responses to the use of fairy tales to improve students' reading comprehension in narrative text.
This research appllied quantitative method and qualitative method. Data collection were carried out through tests (pre-test and post-test) and questionnaires. The research subjects were students of class XI MIPA 3 consisting of 31 students at SMAN 6 Wajo.
The findings of this research show that students' reading comprehension
increases. This can be seen from the mean score of the pre-test and post-test. The mean score in the pre-test was 56,83 to 73,25 in the post-test. Most students gave a positive response to the use of fairy tales in learning to improve reading comprehension in narrative texts. This is because they like reading fairy tales and reading can not only improve their reading comprehension but also entertain and
enrich their vocabulary.

Keywords: Improving, Reading Comprehension, Narrative Text, Fairy Tale