Students’ Perception on Using Short Story to Develop Vocabulary at SMP Regina Caeli Cileungsi

Penggunaan cerpen untuk pembelajaran di sekolah merupakan media pembelajaran yang efektif bagi siswa. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mendeskripsikan bagaimana persepsi siswa terhadap penggunaan Cerpen untuk mengembangkan kosakata. Penelitian dilakukan di SMP Regina Caeli Cileungsi pada bulan April 2020. Penelitian ini melibatkan 59 responden untuk mengisi kuesioner online. Responden diambil dari siswa kelas VIII. Data kuantitatif dikumpulkan dengan menggunakan kuesioner dan dianalisis menggunakan teknik analisis deskriptif. Berdasarkan hasil penelitian disimpulkan bahwa sebagian besar siswa di SMP Regina Caeli Cileungsi menyatakan bahwa penggunaan cerita pendek sangat membantu dalam mengembangkan kosakata. Kata Kunci: Persepsi, Pembelajaran Kosakata, Cerpen / The use of short stories for school learning is an effective learning media for students. This study aims to describe what are the students' perception of using Short Story to develop vocabulary. The study was conducted at SMP Regina Caeli Cileungsi in April 2020. This study involved 59 respondents filling out an online questionnaire. The Respondents were taken from students in class VIII. Quantitative data were collected by using a questionnaire and analyzed using descriptive analysis techniques. Based on the result of the study, it was concluded that the majority of students at SMP Regina Caeli Cileungsi stated that the use of a short story was very helpful in developing vocabulary. Keywords: Perception, Vocabulary Learning, Short Stor