Table 4 Opinions about the Role of Short Stories in Improving Receptive and Productive Students’ Vocabulary 1. Never Learning vocabulary Std. Frequency 2. Rarely St. through short stories Percent Mean 3. Sometimes helps me to: D N 4. Often 5. Always S10. Learn words which I N 5 % 5 have not seen before. R 0 % 0 100 ST 10 % 10 4.34 1.01 O 26 % 26 A 59 % 59 S9. Develop productive N 2 % 2 vocabulary. R 7 % 7 100 ST 30 % 30 3.84 1.04 O 27 % 27 A 34 % 34 S2. Use words in speaking N 0 % 0 and writing. R 6 % 6 100 ST 36% 36 3.83 .94 O 27 % 27 A 31 % 31 S8. Enhance receptive N 2 % 2 vocabulary. R 9 % 9 100 ST 30 % 30 3.71 1.00 O 34 % 34 A 25 % 25 Concerning statement eight table 4, whether short stories enhance receptive students’ vocabulary, 59% of the respondents stated or 30% stated and 11% answered ‘always’ ‘often’, or This indicates that students believe short stories develop their productive ‘never’ ‘rarely’. vocabulary more than receptive vocabulary. This is opposite of the findings outlined in the
Table 4 Students’ Opinions about the Role of Short Stories in Improving Receptive and Productive Vocabulary Learning vocabulary through short stories helps me to: St. N 1. Never 2. Rarely 3. Sometimes 4. Often 5. Always Frequency Percent Mean Std. D S10. Learn words which I have not seen before. 100 N R ST O A 5 0 10 26 59 5 % 0 % 10 % 26 % 59 % 4.34 1.01 S9. Develop productive vocabulary. 100 N R ST O A 2 7 30 27 34 2 % 7 % 30 % 27 % 34 % 3.84 1.04 S2. Use words in speaking and writing. 100 N R ST O A 0 6 36 27 31 0 % 6 % 36% 27 % 31 % 3.83 .94 S8. Enhance receptive vocabulary. 100 N R ST O A 2 9 30 34 25 2 % 9 % 30 % 34 % 25 % 3.71 1.00 Concerning statement eight table 4, whether short stories enhance students’ receptive vocabulary, 59% of the respondents stated ‘always’ or ‘often’, 30% stated and 11% answered ‘never’ or ‘rarely’. This indicates that students believe short stories develop their productive vocabulary more than receptive vocabulary. This is opposite of the findings outlined in the
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