Table 7 Attitudes towards the Difficulties of Vocabulary Acquisition in Short Stories Students’ My attitude toward 1. Never developing vocabulary St. Std. Frequency 2. Rarely Percent acquisition through short Mean 3. Sometimes N D stories are: 4. Often 5. Always S10. I learn new words N 2 2% when I am interested R 5 5% with title of the short 100 ST 16 16% 4.16 1.00 story. O 29 29% A 48 48% S8. I have problem with N 5 5% using my vocabulary R 13 13% knowledge to 100 ST 32 32% 3.45 1.08 paraphrase texts in O 32 32% short story. A 18 18% S9. I have problems with N 7 7% Comprehending R 15 15% English culture 100 ST 42 42% 3.17 1.03 differences in O 26 26% vocabulary usage. A 10 10% S6. I have difficulty with N 6 6% mastering the meaning R 18 18% of words. 100 ST 47 47% 3.04 .93 O 24 24% A 5 5% S7. I have difficulty to N 8 8% acquire synonyms R 21 21% through studying short 100 ST 43 43% 3.03 1.08 stories. O 16 16% A 12 12%
Table 7 Students’ Attitudes towards the Difficulties of Vocabulary Acquisition in Short Stories My attitude toward developing vocabulary acquisition through short stories are: St. N 1. Never 2. Rarely 3. Sometimes 4. Often 5. Always Frequency Percent Mean Std. D S10. I learn new words when I am interested with title of the short story. 100 N R ST O A 2 5 16 29 48 2% 5% 16% 29% 48% 4.16 1.00 S8. I have problem with using my vocabulary knowledge to paraphrase texts in short story. 100 N R ST O A 5 13 32 32 18 5% 13% 32% 32% 18% 3.45 1.08 S9. I have problems with Comprehending English culture differences in vocabulary usage. 100 N R ST O A 7 15 42 26 10 7% 15% 42% 26% 10% 3.17 1.03 S6. I have difficulty with mastering the meaning of words. 100 N R ST O A 6 18 47 24 5 6% 18% 47% 24% 5% 3.04 .93 S7. I have difficulty to acquire synonyms through studying short stories. 100 N R ST O A 8 21 43 16 12 8% 21% 43% 16% 12% 3.03 1.08
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