THE EFFECTIVENESS OF COMIC STRIPS IN INCREASING STUDENTS
SPEAKING ABILITY IN THE SECOND YEAR OF JUNIOR HIGH
SCHOOL
SKRIPSI
NI’MATUL LAILIYAH NIM. 20111111036
PROGRAM STUDI BAHASA INGGRIS
FAKULTAS KEGURUAN DAN ILMU PENDIDIKAN UNIVERSITAS MUHAMMADIYAH SURABAYA
THE EFFECTIVENESS OF COMIC STRIPS IN INCREASING STUDENTS
SPEAKING ABILITY IN THE SECOND YEAR OF JUNIOR HIGH
SCHOOL
SKRIPSI
Diajukan untuk Memenuhi Salah Satu Syarat
Memperoleh Gelar SARJANA PENDIDIDKAN
NI’MATUL LAILIYAH NIM 20111111036
PROGRAM STUDI BAHASA INGGRIS
FAKULTAS KEGURUAN DAN ILMU PENDIDIKAN UNIVERSITAS MUHAMMADIYAH SURABAYA
PERSETUJUAN PEMBIMBING
Skripsi yang ditulis oleh Ni’matul Lailiyah ini telah disetujui oleh dosen pembimbing untuk diujikan tanggal 31 Juli 2015.
Dosen Pembimbing Tanda Tangan Tanggal
I. Gusti Nur Hafifah, M.Pd ……….. ………….
II. Armeria Wijaya, S.s, M.Pd ……….. ………….
Mengetahui,
Ketua Program Studi Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris
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HALAMAN PENGESAHAN PANITIA UJIAN
Skripsi ini telah diuji dan dinyatakan sah oleh Panitia Ujian Tingkat Sarjana (S-1) Fakultas
Keguruan dan Ilmu Pendidikan Universitas Muhammadiyah Surabaya sebagai salah satu syarat
memperoleh gelar Sarjana Kependidikan pada tanggal 05 Agustus 2015.
Dosen Penguji: Tanda Tangan Tanggal
1. Gusti Nur Hafifah,S.Pd, M.Pd ... ...
2. Linda Mayasari, S.Pd, M.Pd ... ...
3. Waode Hamsia, S. Pd, M.Pd ... ...
Mengetahui,
Dekan Fakultas Keguruan dan Ilmu Pendidikan
Universitas Muhammadiyah Surabaya
Dekan,
PERNYATAAN TIDAK MELAKUKAN PLAGIAT
Saya yang bertanda tangan di bawah ini:
Nama : Ni’matul Lailiyah
NIM : 20111111036
Fakultas : Keguruan dan Ilmu Pendidikan
Program Studi : Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris
Menyatakan bahwa Skripsi/ KTI/ Tesis yang saya tulis ini benar – benar tulisan karya sendiri
bukan hasil plagiasi, baik sebagian maupun keseluruhan. Bila dikemudian hari terbukti hasil
plagiasi, maka saya bersedia menerima sanksi akademik sesuai ketentuan yang berlaku di
Universitas Muhammadiyah Surabaya.
Surabaya, 25 Juli 2015
Yang Membuat Pernyataan,
(Ni’matul lailiyah)
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MOTTO AND DEDICATION
MOTTO:
“ Do your best at any moment you have”
DEDICATION:
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Firstly, all praises be to Allah SWT the lord of the world for the blessing, strength, and
guidance. Sholawat and salam be delivered to my beloved prophet of Islam Muhammad SAW.
I as the researcher realizes that i would not be able to finish this final report without supports
from many people. So, i would like to deliver my deepest gratitude to:
1. Linda Mayasari, S.Pd., M.Pd as the Head of English Department Program.
2. Gusti Nur Hafifah, S.Pd., M.Pd as first adviser. A great thanks for your time, advices,
constructiveness, supports, criticism, and patience.
3. Armeria Wijaya, S.s, M.Pd as second adviser. A great thanks for your contributions, support,
and advices.
4. All lecturers of the English Department who have taught me worthy as a preparation for the
future and improvement in my ability.
5. My beloved parents (Ibunda Suma’inah and Ayahanda ABD. Manan) who always love, pray, support and also motivate me during my study until completing this thesis.
6. My beloved sister (Khansa Zafira Afrah and Anindya Fazura Rahma) who always bother
and cheer up my days.
7. My special one who always support me during finishing this thesis .
8. My beloved aunt (Hubbatun Najah) who lends me a laptop.
9. All my best friends in vocal class who always support and being a unity to stand up until this
period.
10. My friends in boarding house 207 (rara, eli, ida, vera and the others).
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Finally, the i realize that as the research i am far from being perfect. I welcome any
endorsing suggestions and critiques. At least, i as the researcher greatly expect that this research
will be useful and able to give contribution for the academic study and following research.
Surabaya, ___________
Ni’matul Lailiyah
TABLE OF CONTENTS
PERNYATAAN ANTI PLAGIAT... vi
MOTTO AND DEDICATION ... vii
CHAPTER I: INTRODUCTION... 1
1.1 Background of The Research... 1
1.2 Research Question... 6
1.3 Hypothesis…………...………….……... 6
1.4 Objective of The Study ... 7
1.5 Significant of the study... 7
1.6 Scope and Limitation of the research... 7
1.7 Definition of Key Terms ... 8
CHAPTER II: REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE... 9
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2.2.Teaching Speaking... 11
2.2.1 The Characteristic of Successful Speaking Activity... 11
2.2.2 The Technique of Teaching Speaking ... 11
2.3 Problem in Speaking... 13
2.4 Teaching Using Media... 16
2.5 Comic Strips ... 17
2.5.1 Definition of Comic Strips...,.... 17
2.5.2 Benefit of Comic Strips in Language Learning ... 18
2.6 The Use of Comic Strips ... 18
2.6.1 The Use of Comic Strips In Teaching and Learning... 18
2.6.2 The Use of Comic Strips In Teaching Speaking... 19
2.7 Procedure of Using Comic strips in Teaching Speaking ... 20
2.8 Review of Previous Study ... 21
3.5 Data Collection Technique and Research Instruments…... 27
3.8 Data Analysis Technique……….. 35
CHAPTER IV: RESULT AND DISCUSSIONS... 38
4.1 Result of the Research... 38
4.1.1 Procedure of Try Out…………... 39
4.1.2 The test variance of homogeneity... 42
4.1.3 The Result of the pretest of the experimental and control groups... 43
4.1.4 The Result of the post test of the Experimental and control Groups... 44
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THE LIST OF TABLES
Table:
1.The Design of Experimental and Control Group... 24
2. The researcher’s schedule... 25
3.The Result of Analyzing Validity... 30
4.The criteria of reliability of the test with the description... 32
5.The result of Analyzing Reliability... 33
6.The Result of Calculating Reliability of Pretest... 41
7.The Result of Calculating Reliability of Post test... 41
8.The Result of the Pretest... 43
9.The Result of the Post-Test... 45
10.The Significance of the Post-test in Term of Fluency... 47
11.The Significance of the Post-test in Term of Pronunciation... 48
12.The Significance of the Post-test in Term of Accuracy... 49
13.The Significance of the Post-test in Term of Vocabulary... 50
14.The Significance of the Post-test in Term of Comprehensibility.... 51
THE LIST OF CHART
1.The mean score comparison of the experimental and control groups... 46
2.The significance difference in each term... 55
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TABLE OF PICTURES
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