USING PICTURE SERIES ENHANCES STUDENTS’ ABILITY IN WRITING NARRATIVE

Even though the students have enough knowledge in grammar and vocabulary, theystill do not want to speak, and they still have some mistakes in telling stories. Thisclassroom action research was conducted to see the improvement of students‟ abilityin writing narrative by using picture series. The research was done at SMAN 3Padang Panjang, the second year social students 4 (XI IS 4) in the 2013/2014academic year in three cycles. There were 27 students in this class. The data werecollected through pre-test, formative test and observation. The students were led totell the stories by using picture series, and then they were guided to tell the storieswell. Through observation and formative test, it seemed that the students liked andenjoyed writing narrative. It could be seen from their achievement improved fromcycle to cycle and from their test results. In conclusion, the students‟ writing abilitycan be improved if they know what and how to speak, and the use of the appropriateteaching aids is very important. One of teaching aids that can be used to enhancestudents‟ ability in writing narrative is picture series. It is suggested to Englishteachers to use picture series in teaching narrative