The effect of short stories on secondary school students’ reading comprehension skills and attitudes in Northwest Ethiopia The effect of short stories on secondary school students’ reading comprehension skills and attitudes

Abstract

This study addressed two research questions:(1) does the use of short stories enhances students’ reading comprehension skills, and (2) what attitudes students hold toward learning reading through short stories. Regarding the first research question, the quantitative results of the experimental group’s posttest mean score (M = 10.38, SD = 2.63), which was treated with short stories, significantly outperformed the control group (M = 6.72, SD = 2.63), with a large effect sizes (η² = .311).In addition, within-group analysis confirmed that the experimental group’s results significantly improved fro