THE USE OF SERIAL PICTURES TO TEACH ENGLISH WRITING OF RECOUNT TEXT
TO THE EIGHTH GRADE STUDENTS
(A Case Study of SMPN 8 Mojokerto)
A THESIS
By:
RANTIKA RISKA DEFIANTI St. N: 121112136
ENGLISH DEPARTMENT FACULTY OF HUMANITIES
AIRLANGGA UNIVERSITY SURABAYA
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THE USE OF SERIAL PICTURES TO TEACH
ENGLISH WRITING OF RECOUNT TEXT THE EIGHTH GRADE STUDENTS
(A Case Study of SMPN 8 Mojokerto)
A THESIS
Submitted as partial fulfillment of requirements
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Dedicated to My Beloved Mom, Dad,
Santika Maya Kustanti
And
Septika Risda Arfianti
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ACKNOWLEDGMENT
Alhamdulillahirobbil’alamin, all praises are merely to the Almighty Allah
SWT for the gracious mercy and tremendous blessing that enables me to
accomplish this thesis. I thank my lord, Allah SWT for giving me strength,
protection and guide me to find a way when I am confused and feeling down in
writing my thesis. Peace and salutation always be given to Prophet Muhammad
SAW who has been brought ‘light’ for his adherent.
I would like to give my deepest gratitude for Mr. Jurianto, M.Ed as my
thesis advisor, who has guided and encouraged me to finish this thesis. Thank you
for your valuable suggestion and guidance to lead me finish this thesis. No worthy
award that I can give, but hope God rewards the best for him. I will never forget
his patience, his sincerity, and his time in guiding me. Also, it is my gratitude for
all lectures of English Department for giving me much new wide knowledge,
from them I can learn anything that I cannot imagine before and open my eyes
broader to make out the meaning of the world well.
Furthermore, I would like to say thank you to Drs. Mochammad Thoha,
MM, the headmaster of SMPN 8 Mojokerto, who has given me permission to do
the research, to the 67 students of the second year of SMPN 8 Mojokerto for their
good cooperation, and to Tanti Herawati S.Pd, the English teacher in SMPN 8
Mojokerto for her assistance during the research.
The greatest honor and appreciation would be finally dedicated to my
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of love in every whiff of breath. Because of your loves, cares, motivation, and
willingness to wait for my graduation and timeless prayers during days and nights,
I can live as today and I can be stronger every time because you are the only
reason why I should be stronger. My sincere thanks and love are also dedicated to
my beloved sisters, Santika Maya Kustanti and Septika Risda Arfianti who divert
me when I am feeling down in writing my thesis and feeling sad in my life. I also
express my sincere thanks to my brother, David Saputra., thank you for your
kindness and my sincere thanks to my loving person, Gilang Andika who always
accompanies me in three years and help me to accomplish this thesis.
Thank you for my companion, Septiani Remilda, Alfath Fahma Zustiana,
Sari Fitriani, Ni Putu Putri Yasih, and Sulvianti Tania, thank you for being my
best friend and coloring my four years with happiness, although we have sad time,
but it will be a happy time if you are be in my side. For Aimatus saif, thank you
for your Canon and your support.
Last but not least, thank you to all the names I have mentioned above,
thank you for all your support, for inspiring me to always keep on struggling to
accomplish my dream to do the best. I do hope this thesis can be useful for others.
Surabaya, 23rd December 2015
The Writer,
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THE ONE REAL OBJECT OF
EDUCATION IS TO HAVE A MAN IN
THE CONDITION OF CONTINUALLY
ASKING QUESTIONS
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LIST OF FIGURES
Figure 2.1.1 Martin’s Models of Genre ……… 12
Figure 2.3.1 The Generic Structure of Recount Text ……… 17
Figure 2.4.1 Jacobs’ et al Analytic Scoring Profile ………... 18
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LIST OF TABLES
Table 3.4.1 Time of Data Collection ………. 27
Table 4.1.1 Score of Pre-Test and Post-Test of the Experimental Group …. 32
Table 4.1.2 Score of Pre-Test and Post-Test of the Control Group ………. 36
Table 4.1.3 Score increase in each aspect ... 40
Table 4.1.4 Number of increasing or decreasing of students’ writing ... 42
Table 4.2.1 Sig. (2-tailed) value of the experimental group ... 44
Table 4.2.2 Sig. (2-tailed) value of the Control group ... 45
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LIST OF APPENDICES
Appendix 1 Data Screening of The Experimental and The Control Group
Appendix 2 T-test in The Experimental and The Control Group
Appendix 3 Wilcoxon Test in the Experimental Group and the Control Group
Appendix 4 Serial Pictures 1
Appendix 5 Serial Pictures 2
Appendix 6 Serial Pictures 3
Appendix 7 Serial Pictures 4
Appendix 8 Letter of Permission of Airlangga University
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Rantika Riska Defianti. 2015. The Use of Serial Pictures to Teach English Writing of Recount Text to the Eight Grade Students (A Case Study of SMPN 8 Mojokerto). Submitted as partial fulfillment of requirements for the sarjana
degree of English Department Faculty Humanities Airlangga University.
Abstract
This study was conducted to examine the use of serial pictures in writing recount text whether pictures can improve students’ writing or cannot. 67 students of SMPN 8 Mojokerto, consisting of 41 girls and 26 boys were chosen as the participants. The participants were divided into two groups which were the experimental group and the control group. Pre-test and post-tests were conducted to monitor the students’ writing. Using Jacobs’ et al composition profile, the writing was scored analytically. The data then were analyzed using SPSS version 20.0 to calculate the data whether there is means difference between the experimental group and the control group after the treatments were given. From the statistical test, the significance value or p-value was lower than α value which was 0.05, means that null hypothesis (H0) was rejected while alternative
hypothesis (H1) was accepted. In other word, the use of serial pictures could help
the students to obtain better achievement in writing. However, the use of pictures could give motivation for students to develop and elaborate the ideas. Therefore, it can be concluded that series of pictures could improve the students’ writing of recount text.
