THE INFLUENCE OF USING PICTURE SERIES MEDIA TOWARDS STUDENTS’ READING COMPRHENSION IN NARRATIVE TEXT AT THE FIRST SEMESTER OF GRADE EIGHT OF SMPN 3 KOTABUMI IN THE ACADEMIC YEAR OF 2020/2021

ABSTRACT THE INFLUENCE OF USING PICTURE SERIES MEDIA TOWARDS STUDENTS’ READING COMPREHENSION OF NARRATIVE TEXT AT THE FIRST SEMESTER OF EIGHTH GRADE OF SMPN 3 KOTABUMI IN THE ACADEMIC YEAR OF 2019/2020 By META RAHANDA The objective of this research was finding out whether or not there was significant influence of picture series media towards students’ reading comprehension of narrative text at the first semester of the eighth grade of SMPN 3 Kotabumi in academic year 2020/2021. Reading comprehension is the ability to get comprehension, including to recogize the unfamiliar words or sentences in the text. Picture series is one of media that uses some pictures related to the story given. These picture has function to describe the story. It is an appropriate media to be taught in Junior High School level to open up their mind widely by reading passage. There were two variables in this research, the independent variable was the word picture series media (X) and dependent variable was the students’ reading comprehension (Y). The research methodology in this research was Quasi experimental design with experimental and control class. The population of this research was the eighth grade of SMPN 3 Kotabumi. In determining the sample of research, the researcher used cluster random sampling technique. The samples of research were 2 classes VIII B consisted of 34 students while in VIII C consisted of 34 students. In collecting the data, there were pre-test and post-test instrument. After giving the post-test, the researcher analyzed the data ofresearch. From the result, it was obtained that t-count was higher than t-critical (4.33 > 1.67). Therefore, there was significant influence of picture series media towards students’ reading comprehension of narrative text at the first semester of the eighth grade of SMPN 3 Kotabumi in academic year 2020/2021. Keywords: Picture Series Media, Reading Comprehension, Narrative Tex