The Effect of Contextual Method Based on Stop Motion Animation and Vocabulary Mastery on Short Story Writing Skills

ABSTRACT : This study aims to reveal the effect of the contextual method based on stop motion animation and vocabulary mastery of short story writing skills. This research was conducted at a state high school in Banjarnegara Regency. The sample of this study was 60 students divided into two classes, including the experimental class of 30 students and the control class of 30 students. The data analysis technique used a twoway analysis of variance with a 2×2 factorial design. The results presented that: (1) a contextual method based on stop motion animation media was better than a contextual approach based on image media in gaining the students’ ability to compose a short story. (2) the students who have high mastery of vocabulary were better than them who had less knowledge of vocabulary, and (3) there was no interaction between learning media-based contextual method and vocabulary mastery.
KEYWORDS: Contextual method, stop motion animation, vocabulary mastery, writing a short story