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Concept of Short Story Characteristics of Short Story

1. Pre-activities  The teacher greets students.  The teacher checks students’ attendance list.  The teacher motivates students to be active.  The teacher introduces the topic about short story.  The teacher leads the students to the topic by asking some questions related to the topic presented, and then she asks them to answer those questions together. 2. While-activities  The teacher explains the elements of narrative text.  The teacher asks students to read the short story silently.  The teacher explains about the main idea of each paragraph and then she asks students to discuss in group to find out the main idea of each paragraph.  The teacher explains characters in a short story and also the role of these characters in a short story, then she asks students to discuss in group to find out the characters in short story they are reading including how many characters are there and who are they.  The teacher explains plot and setting in a short story, then she asks students to discuss in group about plot and setting in short story they are reading related to the content of their short story.  The teacher explains how to make a conclusion of the story. In this activity, she asks the students to discuss in group about the conclusion of the story. After that she asks the students to discuss the result of the group discussion together. 3. Post-activities  The teacher gives some tests of reading comprehension to the students based on the short story they read, and then she asks the students to discuss the result together.  The teacher asks students the difficulties related to the topic  The teacher summarizes the materials.  The teacher closes the meeting.

2.8 The Advantages and Disadvantages of Short Story

The advantages of utilizing short story in teaching reading comprehension according to Carter and Mc. Rae are as follows:

1. Promote introspection and self-awareness.

It is proven by the fourth finding which states that the session of class discussion of the students’ answer helped the students realize their mistakes in answering the test.

2. Encourage exploitation of reading resources.

It is proven by the first finding which states that the students were enthusiastic in reading activity utilizing short story as reading material. The enthusiasm of the students in reading means that the students are encouraged to exploit their short story.

3. Promote greater language awareness.

It is proven by the third finding. In the session of class discussion every student wanted to express hisher opinion about the short story they read by using the target language.

4. Promote planning for individual reading.

This statement is proven by the fourth finding. The mistake made by the students in answering the test encouraged them to work better on the next test. And the disadvantages are: 1. Short story may be above the student’s reading level When choosing short story for students, the teacher must give in-depth consideration to the reading level of the students, which can be very difficult to gauge. Although the teacher can obviously tell what grammar and vocabulary has been covered in the lesson thus far, there is virtually no way to know what the students have learned or absorbed outside of the class. Making too many assumptions about what students should know at their grade level could lead to unnecessary confusion on the part of the students.

2. Students may not connect with the short story

Apart from conflicts with reading level, literature may also be lost on students due to their age and cultural context. Cultural context in particular can be even more difficult to gauge than reading level. In addition, safe short story that easily avoids

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