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This research describes the use of authentic reading material to build students’
vocabulary and self-confidence. The purpose of this research is to find out whether
there is an effect of self-confidence and vocabulary mastery at the eleventh grade of
SMKN 8 Kabupaten Tangerang in academic year 2022/2023 after learning using
authentic reading material. The sample used is 38 students. The writer used quantitative
methods with quasi-experimental design one group pre-test and post-test. The research
was done by conducting pre-test, treatment, and post-test. The result showed that the
use of authentic reading material gives the effect to students’ self-confidence and
vocabulary mastery. The result value of students’ self-confidence is 73.26%, which
means that students’ self-confidence in the XI AK1 during the learning process is
categorized as “good”. The result of vocabulary test was Ha accepted and Ho was
rejected. It can be shown from T-test that sig. 0.000 < 0.05. It means that there is a
significant difference between the pre-test and post-test at eleventh grade students of
SMKN 8 Kabupaten Tangerang after being taught by using authentic reading material.