Using comic strips to improve the ability of students of SMP Negeri 2 Malang in writing recount text / Lili Purwanitasari
| Main Author: | Purwanitasari, Lili |
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| Format: | Thesis NonPeerReviewed |
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, 2010
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| Online Access: |
http://repository.um.ac.id/10981/ |
Daftar Isi:
- ABSTRACTPurwanitasariLili.2010.UsingComicStripstoImprovetheAbilityofStudentsofSMPNegeri2MalanginWritingRecountText.ThesisEnglishDepartmentFacultyofLettersStateUniversityofMalang.AdvisorAnikN.WulyaniS.PdM.Pd.KeywordscomicstripsrecounttextwritingabilityWritingmaybeconsideredasthemostdifficultandcomplicatedskillamongthefourlanguageskills.NeverthelessitisshouldbemasteredbyJuniorHighSchool(JHS)students.Accordingtothequestionnairesgiventothestudentsinthepreliminarystudyitwasfoundthatthemajorproblemstheyfacedwerehowtodevelopideashowtochooseappropriatewordsandhowtowritesentencegrammaticallyandtowritespellingcorrectly.Theteacheralsonevergavemodelofhowtowriterecountbecausewritingactivitiesinclassweredominatedbyarrangingjumblesentencesandjumblewords.Tosolvetheproblemscomicstripswasintroducedtobeappliedinteachingwriting.Themediawaschosenbecauseitwaseasytoapply.Basedonpreviousstudiesitwasfoundthatthemediathatusingpicturesuchascomicstripswaseffectivetohelpstudentstodevelopandorganizeideasinwritingcomposition.Theobjectiveofthisstudywastoimprovestudentsabilityinwritingrecountwhichwasfocusedontheimprovementofthecontentlanguageuseandspelling.Thisstudyusedcollaborativeclassroomactionresearch.TheresearchertogetherwiththehelpofclassroomEnglishteacherdesignedthelessonplansandsetthecriteriaofsuccess.TheclassroomEnglishteacheractedastheobserverduringtheteachingandlearningprocesswhiletheresearchertaughtintheclass.Theresearchwasconductedintwocycles.Eachcycleconsistedoftwomeetingswhichcoveredplanninganactionimplementingtheactionobservingtheactionandreflectingontheobservation.Thesubjectswere38studentsofVIII-EinSMPNegeri2Malangin2009/2010academicyear.Theinstrumentsusedtocollectthedatawereinterviewguidesquestionnairesobservationchecklistfieldnotesandstudentsfinalproduct.Theresearcherintroducedcomicstripsduringtheimplementationoftheaction.Itwasfollowedbymodelinghowtomakeoutlinesfromcomicstripsbeforestartingwritinghowtowritethedrafthowtorevisethedraftandhowtowritethefinalproduct.Inadditionthestudentsarealsoaskedtoproducearecountcompositionthroughthewritingprocessprewritingdraftingrevisingandfinalversion.Theresultoftheresearchshowedthatcomicstripssuccessfullyimprovedthestudentsabilityinwritingrecounttextespeciallyintermsofcontentlanguageuseandspelling.ThescoresofthestudentswritingproductsimprovesignificantlyfrompreliminarystudytoCycleIandfromCycleItoCycleIIoncontentlanguageuseandspelling.Thestudentsmeanscoresoncontentimprovedfrom2.4inpreliminarystudyto2.7inCycleIanditcouldreach3.3inCycleII.Inadditionthestudentsmeanscoresonlanguageuseimprovedfrom2.2inpreliminarystudyto2.7inCycleIand3.3inCycleII.Onspellingthestudentsmeanscoresalsoimprovedfrom2.4inpreliminarystudyto2.7inCycleIand3.1inCycleII.BasedontheresultofthisstudyitissuggestedthattheEnglishteacherstousecomicstripsinteachingrecountwritingandotherkindsoftexttypes.Forthestudentsitissuggestedthattheywriteoutlinebeforewritingusingcomicstripsespeciallyingeneratinganddevelopingideasinwritingrecountcomposition.Moreoverfurtherresearchersaresuggestedtoconductresearchusingcomicstripsfordifferenttexttypesandondifferentgradesandlevelsofeducationtoseewhetherthismediawaseffectivetosolvetheproblemsofwritingornot.