@thesis{thesis, author={Irbah Jihan}, title ={READER-RESPONSE APPROACH IN TEACHING ENGLISH SHORT STORY OF LITERAL READING}, year={2022}, url={https://repository.stkippgri-sidoarjo.ac.id/1608/}, abstract={Teaching as the process of knowledge transfer relies mostly on teachers? aptitude in utilizing various strategy and approach available to conduct not only a meaningful learning environment, but also a conducive interaction amongst learners as well as between the students and teachers. .In English subject, Literal reading is one of the prominent challenges for most non-native learners. Furthermore, the nowadays globalized world pushes English as the prominent lingua franca, which in turn puts a bold emphasize on the urgency to tackle the a forementioned issue into an applicable teaching strategy. Based on the said problem, researcher initiated a study related to an approach named reader-response, in hope to find its usefulness in teaching reading scenario. This study is conducted in qualitative descriptive design by focusing on two major aims, namely the implementation and students? perspective on the approach of reader-response. The researcher took Lecturer and 21 students? of English education program in first semester at STKIP PGRI Sidoarjo as the subject of the study. The researcher gets the data of the research trough observation and questionnaire,the result of observation and questionnaire shows that 82% strongly agree, 2,8% agree, 1,6% neutral, 8,6% disagree, and 0% strongly agree. Based on the acquired data, it is shown that the implementation of reader-response approach yields a positive result in term of learning outcome, as well as leaves positive remarks on students? perspective in learning reading material. Hence, the reader-response approach can be the answer in tackling the problems on teaching English, specifically on reading material.} }