ABSTRACT
Mustikarini, Rahma. 2009. The Use of Illustrated Folktale “The Careless Jaka Tarub” to Improve the Students’ Ability in Understanding Narrative Reading Text (An Experimental Research at the Eighth Year Students of MTs Abadiyah Gabus-Pati in the Academic Year of 2009/2010). Final
Project, English Department. Languages and Arts Faculty. Semarang State University. First Advisor: Prof. Dr. Mursid Saleh, M.A, Second Advisor: Dra. Indrawati, M.Hum.
Keywords: Illustrated Folktale, Understanding Narrative
The topic of this study is the use of illustrated folktale “The Careless Jaka Tarub” to improve the students’ ability in understanding narrative reading text – an experimental research at the eighth year students of MTs Abadiyah Gabus-Pati in the academic year of 2009/2010. In this study, I presented two problems: 1) how effective is the illustrated folktale “The Careless Jaka Tarub” in improving students’ understanding of narrative texts? and 2) in what ways are the illustrated folktale “The Careless Jaka Tarub” effective to teach narrative reading? The objectives of this study were: 1) to know the effectiveness of using the illustrated folktale “The Careless Jaka Tarub” in improving students’ understanding of narrative texts and 2) to find out the ways the illustrated folktale “The Careless Jaka Tarub” are effective to teach narrative reading.
