THE USE OF COMIC STRIPS TOWARD WRITING NARRATIVE TEXT : A Classroom Action Research Conducted in a Senior High School in Indramayu

• Main Author: Eka Rachmadi Saputra Basuki, - (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: 2011-10-28.
• Subjects: Thesis; NonPeerReviewed
• Online Access: Link Metadata
• Notes: http://repository.upi.edu/95751/1/s_ing_0606279_chapter1.pdf; http://repository.upi.edu/95751/2/s_ing_0606279_chapter2.pdf; http://repository.upi.edu/95751/3/s_ing_0606279_chapter3.pdf; http://repository.upi.edu/95751/4/s_ing_0606279_chapter4.pdf; http://repository.upi.edu/95751/5/s_ing_0606279_chapter5.pdf
• Keywords: L Education (General); PE English

The research reports on the use of comic strip toward writing narrative text. Comic strips were applied in the research to improve the students` writing scores. The aims of the research were to improve students' writing narrative text ability and to find out students' responses toward the use of comic strip. The research used classroom action which consists of three cycles. The subjects were tenth grade students in a senior high school in Indramayu. Writing test, observation sheet, questionnaire, and interview were employed to collect the data. The result showed that there was improvement in students' writing scores in every cycle. The mean score in cycle 3 was 76.2, increasing 18.2 points from the first cycle with 27 students (96.4%) getting the scores above KKM. In addition, the result of questionnaire and interview showed that comic strip can be one of alternative media in teaching writing especially narrative and it could motivate the students in learning writing.