Effect of The Use of Comic Strips on The Students' Writing Ability in Narrative Texts

ABSTRAK Maradilah, Yurista. 2018. Effect of the Use of Comic Strips on Students’ Writing Ability in Narrative Text. Department of English. Faculty of Letters. Universitas Negeri Malang. Advisor I Enny Irawati, M.Pd. Advisor II Prof. Bambang Y. Cahyono, M.Pd., M.A., Ph.D Key words: Writing ability, Comic strips, narrative text. English becomes very important in education aspect. English has language components (grammar, pronunciation, and vocabulary,) and language skills (listening, speaking, writing, and reading) in order to master English. Writing is one way to express ideas, feelings, or opinions, that is why writing is a crucial communication that could not be separated from human life. The researcher uses comic strips to improve students writing narrative skill because it is a comic so it will arouse students’ interest and they can imagine what they will write through the picture/comic.The objective of the research is to know the effectiveness of the use of comic strips on students’ writing ability in narrative text at the eighth graders of SMPN 2 Plandaan – Jombang year 2017/2018. The method of the study was quasi-experimental method. The method used two classes which were taught in different techniques or strategies. The population was all of the VII graders which consist of 128 students, and the sample was 64 students from two classes; 8-B as the experiment group and 8-C as the control group. The experiment group was taught by using comic strips whereas the control group was taught in conventional way. The research was conducted through the following procedures; giving pre-test (the first meeting), applying treatments, and giving post-test (the last meeting). The evaluation covered content, organization, vocabulary, and grammar (language use). The result was that the experiment group had better achievement than the control group. The result of t-test calculation is8.557, with t-table value is 1.998971 and significance level α = 0.05. The t-test result was higher than the value of t-table (8.557>1.998971). It means that the hypothesis was accepted or the use of comic strips is effective as teaching media in narrative text. Based on the findings, the researcher recommends the teacher to use the comic strips as teaching media to teach writing or other skills in narrative text or other texts and for the following researchers who will conduct the same research may use more interesting comic in doing research. The researcher hopes this research will be useful for improving the teaching of writing