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The research was conducted at SMA Negeri 4 Kabupaten Tangerang. The
purpose of this research is to find out whether the use of short stories as a teaching
medium has a significant effect on students' reading comprehension and interest.
The research population was class X students of SMA Negeri 3 Tangerang
Regency. The sample consisted of 84 students, 42 students X IPS 3 as the
experimental class and 42 students X IPS 4 as the control class. The experimental
class uses short story reading techniques in the learning process, while the control
class uses conventional techniques in the learning process. This type of research is
Quasi Experimental with quantitative methods. The author uses multiple choice
tests, takes questionnaires and calculates normality, homogeneity, non-Parametric,
F-test and coefficient of determination tests. descriptive samples of the
experimental and control classes using the SPSS 26 program to collect data. this
study shows that there is a significant effect of using Short Stories as a medium to
increase students' reading comprehension and interest in class X at SMAN 3
Tangerang Regency for the 2022/2023 academic year.