The Use of English Short Stories To Improve Students’ Speaking Ability of the Tenth Grade Students at MA Al-Khairaat Pusat Palu

The data collected were analyzed statistically, and the results of the data analysis showed that there was a significant difference between the results of the pre-test and posttest. This is proven by looking at the average value of the test results where the average value of the experimental group increased significantly from 41.61 to 69.49. Meanwhile, the control group increased from 39.99 to 50.50. Then, the researcher calculated the t-count to
find out significant differences in students' abilities. By applying a significant level of 0.05 and degrees of freedom (df) 64. The researcher, found the t-count value (3.097) was higher than the t-table value (1.669). Thus it can be concluded that the research hypothesis is accepted. In other words, the use of English short stories is effective to improve the speaking ability of class X MIPA MA Al-Khairaat Pusat Palu.