THE EFFECTIVENESS OF STORYTELLING TO IMPROVE THE STUDENTS’ READI, - (2011) THE EFFECTIVENESS OF STORYTELLING TO IMPROVE THE STUDENTS’ READING COMPREHENSION IN NARRATIVE TEXT IN YEAR XI SMA 8 PURWOREJO IN THE ACADEMIC YEAR OF 2010/2011 By Yuyun Wijayanti 06202244135 ABSTRACT The aim of this study is to find out whether there is a significant difference in reading comprehension achievement for the students of SMA 8 Purworejo who are thaught using Storytelling and those who are not. This research was quantitative, quasi experimental research. The study involved 61 students which are diveded into two groups. Class XI IPA I (31 students) as the control group, and class XI IPA 2 (30 students) as the experimental group. The data were obtained by two multiple choice tests. It was given to both classes before the treatment and the post test was the end of the treatment. The hyphothesis was tested using the analysis of covariance. The result shows that there is a significant difference in the reading comprehension between the students who are thaught by storytelling and those who are not. It is presented from the result of the test of hyphotesis using T-test. The significant value of 0.000 was less than the significant level of 0.05. It means that the use of storytelling shows a significance dirrerent on the students’ reading comprehension. S1 thesis, FBS UNY.