The Effectiveness of Comic Strips in Teaching English Vocabulary for Tenth Year Students of Senior High School
(An Experimental Research at Tenth Year Students of SMA Muhammadiyah 1 Purwokerto in Academic Year 2013/2014)
A Thesis
Submitted to the English Department as Partial Fulfillment of the Requirement for S.Pd. Degree
By
KEN ZURAIDA 0901050135
ENGLISH DEPARTMENT
TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION FACULTY MUHAMMADIYAH UNIVERSITY OF PURWOKERTO
APPROVAL
Title : The Effectiveness of Comic Strips in Teaching English Vocabulary for Tenth Year Students of Senior High School (An Experimental Research at Tenth Year Students of SMA Muhammadiyah 1 Purwokerto in Academic Year 2013/2014)
Name : Ken Zuraida
NIM : 0901050135
Faculty : Teacher Training and Education Faculty Department : English Department
Consultant : Dr. Suwartono, M.Hum
Approved by:
Consultant
SURAT PERNYATAAN
Saya yang bertandatangan di bawah ini:
Nama : KEN ZURAIDA
NIM : 0901050135
Program Studi : Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris Fakultas : Keguruan dan Ilmu Pendidikan penyusun skripsi dengan judul:
The Effectiveness of Comic Strips in Teaching English Vocabulary for Tenth Year Students of Senior High School
(An Experimental Research at Tenth Year Students of SMA Muhammadiyah 1 Purwokerto in Academic Year 2013/2014)
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Purwokerto, 26 Februari 2014 Yang Menyatakan,
SKRIPSI BERJUDUL
The Effectiveness of Comic Strips in Teaching English Vocabulary for Tenth Year Students of Senior High School
(An Experimental Research at Tenth Year Students of SMA Muhammadiyah 1 Purwokerto in Academic Year 2013/2014)
Dipersiapkan dan disusun oleh KEN ZURAIDA
0901050135
Telah dipertahankan di depan dewan penguji pada tanggal 26 Februari 2014 dan dinyatakan telah memenuhi syarat untuk diterima sebagai kelengkapan
persyaratan untuk mendapat gelar Sarjana Pendidikan Program Studi Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris
Pembimbing Dr. Suwartono, M.Hum
NIK. 2160112
. . .
Penguji 1. Drs. Pudiyono, M.Hum
NIP. 19560508 198603 1 003
. . .
2. Lutfi Istikharoh, M.Pd NIK. 2160428
. . .
3. Drs. Bambang Suroso, M.Hum NIK. 2160102
. . .
Purwokerto, 26 Februari 2014 Universitas Muhammadiyah Purwokerto Fakultas Keguruan dan Ilmu Pendidikan
Dekan,
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
Alhamdulilahi rabbil’alamin. Thanks to Alloh Suhanahu Wa Ta’ala who has given blessing and mercy so that this partial fulfillment for requirement of S.Pd. Degree of English Department, Teacher Training and Eduaction Faculty, Muhammadiyah University of Purwokerto could be finished.
I would like to give thanks to Dr. Suwartono, M.Hum, as the thesis supervisor who had guided, given suggestion, and corrected my thesis to be better. Furthermore, I am grateful to the headmaster and English teacher at SMA Muhammadiyah 1 Purwokerto that allowed me to conduct the research. Then, big thanks are given to the tenth year students of SMA Muhammadiyah 1 Purwokerto in academic year 2013/2014 particularly X1 and X2 who have participated in my research.
Last but not the least; I would like to thank my parents ( Yusup Atma bin Murdjana and Maghfiroh binti Abdul Hamid) who always give me great support, motivation, sincere prayer, and endless love. I also would like to thank my brother (Rifqi Rakhman) and sisters (Lutfiatunisa, Diah Kartika, and Ragil Farida Hanum) who give me support, care and prayer in finishing my thesis as soon as possible. Thank you so much.
Special thanks are to my friends for giving me support, motivation in conducting this research.
Although this thesis is still far from being perfect and the mistake still colors this thesis, I hope this thesis will give positive contribution and be useful to this field of study.
Purwokerto, 26 February 2014
TABLE OF CONTENTS
TITLE... i
APPROVAL... ii
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT ... v
TABLE OF CONTENTS ... vi
LIST OF TABLES ... viii
LIST OF FIGURES ... ix
LIST OF APPENDICES... x
ABSTRACT ... xi
CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION A. The Background of the Research ... 1
B. The Reason of the Research ... 3
C. The Problem of the Research ... 3
D. The Aim of the Research... 3
CHAPTER II LITERATURE REVIEW A. Vocabulary 1. The Definition of Vocabulary... 4
2. The Type of Vocabulary ... 5
3. The Aspects of Vocabulary ... 6
1. The Definition of Comic Strips ... 11
2. The Advantages of Comic Strips ... 12
3. The Characteristic of Comic Strips ... 13
4. Teaching Vocabulary Using Comic Strips ... 14
5. Previous Relevant Research ... 16
C. Basic Assumption ... 17
D. Hypothesis ... 17
CHAPTER III RESEARCH METHODOLOGY A. The Method of the Research ... 18
B. The Place and The Time of the Research... 20
C. The Subject of the Research ... 20
D. The Technique of Collecting Data ... 20
E. The Technique of Instrument Analysis ... 22
F. The Technique of Data Analysis ... 24
CHAPTER IV RESULT AND DISCUSSION A. The Result of the Research ... 27
B. Discussion ... 34
CHAPTER V CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTION A. Conclusion... 36
B. Suggestion ... 36
LIST OF TABLES
Table 1 Test Item Indicator ... 21
Table 2 The Percentage of Students Pre-test Score (Experimental Group) ... 27
Table 3 The Percentage of Students Post-Test Score (Experimental Group) ... 28
Table 4 The Percentage of Students Pre-Test Score (Control Group) ... 29
LIST OF FIGURES
LIST OF APPENDICES
Appendix 1 The Result of Students Test in Experimental Group Appendix 2 The Result of Students Test in Control Group Appendix 3 Students Scores in Experimental Group Appendix 4 Students Scores in Control Group Appendix 5 The Calculation of Test Validity Appendix 6 The Calculation of Test Reliability Appendix 7 Measuring t-value
Appendix 8 r-table
Appendix 9 t-table
Appendix 10 Validity, Item Difficulty, and Reliability Analysis of Pre-test
Appendix 11 Validity, Item Difficulty, and Reliability Analysis of Post-test
Appendix 12 Lesson Plan
ABSTRACT
The Effectiveness of Comic Strips in Teaching English Vocabulary for Tenth Year Students of Senior High School
(An Experimental Research at Tenth Year Students of SMA Muhammadiyah 1 Purwokerto in Academic Year 2013/2014)
By
KEN ZURAIDA 0901050135
The research was to find out the effectiveness of comic strips to teach English vocabulary for tenth grade Senior High School students of SMA Muhammadiyah 1 Purwokerto. This research used the experimental method in which the subject was the tenth year students of SMA Muhammadiyah 1 Purwokerto in academic year 2013/2014 and class X-2 was the experimental class while class X-1 was the control class.
In collecting the data, the writer used test which was done twice; before and after the treatments. The tests were in the form of multiple choices to know the students’ vocabulary mastery before and after the treatments. The treatments were implemented three times in November 2013.
