Employing cartoon animation clips and picture series to improve the narrative writing ability of the eleventh graders of SMAN 7 Malang / Dhinar Arienintya
| Main Author: | Arienintya, Dhinar |
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| Format: | Thesis NonPeerReviewed |
| Terbitan: |
, 2011
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| Online Access: |
http://repository.um.ac.id/10532/ |
Daftar Isi:
- ThesisDepartmentofEnglishFacultyofLettersStateUniversityofMalang.AdvisorDr.JohannesA.PrayogoM.Pd.M.Ed.KeyWordswritingcartoonanimationclipspictureseriesWritingisasimportantasspeakingforcommunicatingwithothers.Itisdonebyexpressingideasmessagesorinformationthroughwrittenform.HoweverbasedontheresultsofthePreliminaryStudyintheeleventhgradersofSMAN7Malangtheyhadsomeproblemsinwritingactivity.Theresultsshowthattheirwritingabilitystayedonfairlevel.ThiswasduetothemonotonouswayoftheteachingandlearningprocessandtheirlowmotivationinEnglishclassespeciallyinwritingactivity.Employingcartoonanimationclipsandpictureserieswaschosentoovercomethestudentsproblemsinwritingactivity.ThisstudyadaptedtheClassroomActionResearch(CAR)byKemmisandTaggart.Thisresearchconductedintwocyclesandsevenmeetings3meetingsinCycle1and4meetingsinCycle2.ThesubjectofthisresearchwasthestudentsofXIIS4ofSMAN7Malangacademicyear2010/2011.Thefocusofthisresearchwasaboutthestudentswritingperformancestudentsattitudeduringtheemploymentofcartoonanimationclipsandpictureseriesandstudentsresponsetowardtheemploymentofthecartoonanimationclipsandpictureseries.Theinstrumentsofthisresearchwerewritingscoringrubricfieldnotesobservationchecklistsinterviewguideandquestionnaires.Thedatatakenwasanalyzedbyusingqualitativemethodsinterpretedbasedonthecriteriaofsuccessandpresenteddescriptively.Theresultsofthisresearchshowedthattheemploymentofcartoonanimationclipsandpictureseriesinwritingactivityreachedthecriteriaofsuccess.ThemeanscoreofwritingincreasedfromCycle1toCycle2.Basedontheclassmeanofwritingscoresthelevelofthestudentswritingabilitychangedfromfairleveltoverygoodlevel.Themediausedinthisresearchwasthecartoonanimationclipandpictureseriesthatcontainednarrativestories.BasedontheresultsofthisstudyitwasconcludedthattheemploymentofcartoonanimationclipsandpictureseriesinwritingactivitycouldimprovethestudentswritingabilityintermofContentandOrganization.Thestudentsalsoshowedtheirpositiveattitudestowardtheemploymentofthecartoonanimationclipsandpictureseriesinwritingactivity.InadditiontheemploymentofthecartoonanimationclipsandpictureseriesinwritingactivityalsogotgoodresponsesfromthestudentsandtheEnglishclassteacher.ItissuggestedthattheEnglishteachersemploycartoonanimationclipsandpictureseriestoimprovethestudentswritingability.TheschoolprincipalissuggestedtoimprovetheEnglishteachingandlearningprocessandtoimprovethefacilitiesoftheschoolinorderthatthisstrategycouldbewellapplied.InadditionfurtherresearchersaresuggestedtoemploythecartoonanimationclipsandpictureseriesindifferentgradesorlevelofeducationandindifferentEnglishtexttypestoseewhetherthisstrategycanbeemployedmoreeffectively.