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<div style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; color: transparent; position: absolute; white-space: pre; cursor: text; transform-origin: 0% 0%; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; left: 94.488px; top: 600.987px; font-size: 18.3333px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(0.97796);"> <p> <em>tttThe research aimed at finding out students’ perception on using storytelling as one of the techniques used in English class in order to develop students’ socio-cultural competence. The research was conducted under mixed method research. The sample of the research was English students at IAIN Bukittinggi who have taken storytelling class and English students at UIN Imam Bonjol Padang who have joined English activity (storytelling) that is held by English students association of English study program. The instruments of the research were questionnaire and the interview. The data were analyzed by using quantitative analysis for the data from questionnaire and qualitative analysis for the data from interview. The finding of the research showed that the students argue that they have improved their ability in socio-cultural competence at least in five aspects. They argue that they were categorized good in these five elements; they were students’ attitude of socio-cultural competence, students’ knowledge of socio-cultural competence, students’ ability in interpreting and relating cultural issues, students’ ability in discovery and interaction and students’ ability of critical cultural awareness. Thus, it can be stated that storytelling is a good technique that can be used to develop students’ socio-cultural competence based on students’ perception. </em></p> The research aimed at finding out students’perception of using storytelling as one of the techniques used in English</div> <div style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; color: transparent; position: absolute; white-space: pre; cursor: text; transform-origin: 0% 0%; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; left: 94.488px; top: 620.988px; font-size: 18.3333px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.02086);"> class in order to develop students’sociocultural competence. The research was conducted under mixed-method</div> <div style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; color: transparent; position: absolute; white-space: pre; cursor: text; transform-origin: 0% 0%; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; left: 94.488px; top: 640.99px; font-size: 18.3333px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(0.99586);"> research. The sample of the research was English students at IAIN Bukittinggi who had taken storytelling classes</div> <div style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; color: transparent; position: absolute; white-space: pre; cursor: text; transform-origin: 0% 0%; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; left: 94.488px; top: 660.992px; font-size: 18.3333px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.01684);"> and English students at UIN Imam Bonjol Padang who had joined an English activity (storytelling) held by the</div> <div style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; color: transparent; position: absolute; white-space: pre; cursor: text; transform-origin: 0% 0%; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; left: 94.488px; top: 680.993px; font-size: 18.3333px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.04024);"> English students association of English study program. The instruments of the research were a questionnaire</div> <div style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; color: transparent; position: absolute; white-space: pre; cursor: text; transform-origin: 0% 0%; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; left: 94.488px; top: 700.995px; font-size: 18.3333px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.04325);"> and an interview. The data were analyzed using quantitative analysis for the data from the questionnaire and</div> <div style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; color: transparent; position: absolute; white-space: pre; cursor: text; transform-origin: 0% 0%; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; left: 94.488px; top: 720.997px; font-size: 18.3333px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.05851);"> qualitative analysis for the data from the interview. The research finding shows that the students argue that</div> <div style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; color: transparent; position: absolute; white-space: pre; cursor: text; transform-origin: 0% 0%; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; left: 94.488px; top: 740.998px; font-size: 18.3333px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.03905);"> they have improved their ability in sociocultural competence, at least in five aspects. They state that they are</div> <div style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; color: transparent; position: absolute; white-space: pre; cursor: text; transform-origin: 0% 0%; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; left: 94.488px; top: 761px; font-size: 18.3333px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.03963);"> good in these five elements; (1) students’ attitude toward sociocultural competence, (2) students’ knowledge</div> <div style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; color: transparent; position: absolute; white-space: pre; cursor: text; transform-origin: 0% 0%; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; left: 94.488px; top: 781.002px; font-size: 18.3333px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.03111);"> of sociocultural competence, (3) students’ ability to interpret and relate cultural issues, (4) students’ ability in</div> <div style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; color: transparent; position: absolute; white-space: pre; cursor: text; transform-origin: 0% 0%; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; left: 94.488px; top: 801.003px; font-size: 18.3333px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.05786);"> discovery and interaction, and (5) students’ ability of critical cultural awareness. Thus, it can be stated that</div> <div style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; color: transparent; position: absolute; white-space: pre; cursor: text; transform-origin: 0% 0%; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; left: 94.488px; top: 821.005px; font-size: 18.3333px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(0.998276);"> storytelling is a good technique that can be used to develop students’sociocultural competence based on students’</div> <div style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; color: transparent; position: absolute; white-space: pre; cursor: text; transform-origin: 0% 0%; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; left: 94.488px; top: 841.007px; font-size: 18.3333px; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.0042);"> perceptions</div> <p> </p>