THE USE OF COMIC STRIPS IN IMPROVING STUDENTS' WRITING SKILLS OF NARRATIVE TEXT AT THE TENTH GRADE OF MAN PALOPO

ABSTRACT Etika Wardani, 2022. “The Use Of Comic Strips In Improving Students’ Writing Skills Of Narrative Text At The Tenth Grade Of Man Palopo”. Thesis, English Study Program of Tarbiyah and Teacher Training Faculty the State Islamic Institute of Palopo (IAIN) Palopo. Consultant I, Jufriadi. Consultant II, Magfirah Thayyib. The purpose of this research was to determine whether or not the use of comic strips effective to improve students' writing skill of narrative texts at the tenth grade of MAN Palopo. This research used pre-experimental. The population in this research was students of tenth grade at MAN Palopo. The sample of this research were 32 students. The research instrument was test. The researcher gave pre-test and post-test to students. The result of the research this shows that the use of comic strips improves students' writing skills and makes a significant contribution to students' writing skills. The mean score of the post-test is higher than the mean score value of the pre-test (73.66>51.84). Based on data analysis, it can be concluded that teaching writing texts with comic strips is effective in improving students' abilities because after the researcher did the treatments by using this comic strips, the students’ Enthusiasm and students’ writing skill in English were improving. Keywords: Comic Strips. Narrative text, Writing Skil