THE EFFECT OF COMIC STRIPS IN TEACHING WRITING OF NARRATIVE TEXT
SKRIPSI
MOHAMMAD REZA PERMADI 160388203090
ENGLISH LANGUAGE EDUCATION STUDY PROGRAM FACULTY OF TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION
UNIVERSITAS MARITIM RAJA ALI HAJI TANJUNGPINANG
2023
THE EFFECT OF COMIC STRIPS IN TEACHING WRITING OF NARRATIVE TEXT
Skripsi
Submitted as a Partial Fulfillment
For The Undergraduate Degree in English Language Education
MOHAMMAD REZA PERMADI 160388203090
ENGLISH LANGUAGE EDUCATION STUDY PROGRAM FACULTY OF TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION
UNIVERSITAS MARITIM RAJA ALI HAJI TANJUNGPINANG
2023
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MOTTO AND DEDICATION
Motto
“Everything will be okay in the end, if it’s not okay, it’s not the end”
(Anonym)
Dedication
1. My lovely Allah SWT and prophet Muhammad SAW who always guides and gives strength for me.
2. My beloved mother and father who always support, trust, finance, and encouragement for me.
3. My beloved brother and sisters Muhammad Alhafis Wijaya Putra, Sartika Istiqomah, Suci Gartina, Ciara Kala Wijaya.
4. My support system (160388203062), and her family.
5. My self, for the spirit and struggle to keep going this far and as painful as this.
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ACKNOWLEDGMENT
Bismillahirrahmanirrahim, in the name of Allah SWT, the most gracious and the most merciful, all glory be to Allah SWT for the power, blessing, and health for the researcher in finishing this skripsi entitled "The Effect of Comic Strips in Teaching Writing of Narrative Text". We must say Shalawat and pray to our Prophet Muhammad Shallallahualaihi wa salam, the messenger who has brought all of us to this glorious period that we are currently living in.
This skripsi would not exist without the help, encouragement, and direction of a number of dedicated persons. The researcher wishes to offer his sincere appreciation and biggest gratitude to those who have given their best of time and guidance. The researcher conveys the gratitude and respect to all parties to these following names:
1. Assoc. Prof. Dr. Agung Dhamar Syakti, S. Pi, DEA., as the Rector of Universitas Maritim Raja Ali Haji.
2. Assist. Prof. Satria Agust, S.S., M.Pd., as a Dean of Teacher Training and Education Faculty for providing the academical facilities in accomplishing this skripsi.
3. Assist. Prof. Dewi Nopita, S.Pd., M.Pd., as the Head of English Education Program.
4. Assist. Prof. Rona Elfiza, S.Pd., M.Pd. as the researcher’s academic advisor for accompanying from the beginning.
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5. Assist. Prof. Muhammad Candra, M. Ed., as the researcher’s first advisor and Assist. Prof. Satria Agust, S.S., M. Pd. as the researcher’s co-advisor for the patience in giving advice, suggestions, and guidance in accomplishing this skripsi.
6. To all of the researcher’s lecturers in English Education Study Program, who always give the knowledge and guidance during the period of the researcher’ study.
7. The researcher’s beloved parents Mr. Syamsuddin and Mrs.
Khamisah, Thank You so much for always support and always pray for your son, your love that never ended and everything that you had given.
8. My last appreciation goes to someone who has NIM 160388203062, she is always a good listener for every problem I faced, especially when I have to revise this thesis and repeat it over and over again. Thank you very much.
Tanjungpinang, December 8th, 2022
Mohammad Reza Permadi
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Table of Contents
APPROVAL SHEET………iii
APPROVAL SHEET………iv
STATEMENT OF THE ORIGINALITY OF SKRIPSI………v
MOTTO AND DEDICATION………..………...vi
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT………..………….vii
TABLE OF CONTENTS……….……...……ix
LIST OF TABLES………..………..……xi
LIST OF FIGURES ………...………..…....xii
LIST OF APPENDICES……….………xiii
ABSTRACT………..……..xiv
CHAPTER 1 ... 1
1.1. Background of the Study ... 1
1.2. Identification of the Problem ... 3
1.3. Limitation of the Problem ... 4
1.4. Research Question ... 4
1.5. Purpose of the Research ... 4
1.6. Significance of the Study ... 4
1.7. Definition of the Key Terms ... 5
CHAPTER II ... 6
2.1 Theoretical Framework ... 6
2.1.1. The Definition of Writing... 6
2.1.2. Types of Writing ... 7
2.1.3. The Purpose of Writing ... 8
2.2. Comic Strips ... 8
2.2.1. Definition of Comic Strips ... 8
2.2.2. Teaching Writing using Comics Strip ... 10
2.2.3. Advantages and Disadvantages of Using Comic Strips in Teaching Writing ... 11
2.3. Narrative Text ... 12
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2.3.1. The Definition of Narrative Text ... 12
2.3.2. The Generic Structure... 13
2.3.3. Language Features ... 16
2.4. Review of the related study ... 17
2.5. Conceptual framework ... 18
2.6. Hypotheses Test ... 20
CHAPTER III... 20
3.1. Research Design ... 20
3.2. Place and Time of Study ... 21
3.3. Population, Sample, and Sampling ... 21
3.4. Data Collection Technique... 22
3.5. Research Instrument ... 23
3.6. Research Procedure ... 23
3.7. The Technique of Data Analysis ... 24
CHAPTER IV ... 26
4.1 Data Description ... 26
4.1.1. Students’ Writing performance before being treated with Comic Strips……….28
4.1.2. Students’ Writing performance after being treated with Comic Strips...28
4.2 Data Analysis ... 31
4.2.1 Normality Test ... 31
4.2.2 Paired Sample t-test ... 31
4.3 Discussion ... 33
CHAPTER V ... 36
5.1 Conclusion ... 36
5.2 Recommendation ... 36
5.2.1 Implication... 37
5.2.2 Recommendation ... 37
BIBLIOGRAPHY ... 39
APPENDICES ... 45
x List of Table
Table 2.1: Generic Structure of Narrative Text………..15
Table 2.2: Example of Narrative Text………....……15
Table 2.3: Language Features in Narrative Text………...….………17
Table 4.1: Students’ Performance in The Pre-Test……….…...……….29
Table 4.2: Students’ Performance in the Post-Test………..………..30
Table 4.3: Comparison of The Mean Score Between the Pre and Post-test in Term of Content, Organization, Vocabulary, Language Use and Mechanic………..31
Table 4.4: Test of Normality………..33
Table 4.5: Paired sample Statistic………..………34
Table 4.6: Paired sample t-test……….………..34
xi List of Figures
Figures 2.1: Conceptual Framework……….……….20 Figures 3.1: Research Design Framework……….23
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LIST OF APPENDICES
APPENDIX I Lesson Plan……….….………46 APPENDIX II Scoring Students Writing Test………...………56 APPENDIX III Students’ Individual Score on Pre-test……….……….………58 APPENDIX IV Students’ Individual Score on Post-test…………...…..………59 APPENDIX V Comparation between Pre and Post-test score…...…….….…...60 APPENDIX VI Normality Test………..….………61 APPENDIX VII Paired Sample t-test………...……….…..63 APPENDIX VIII Documentation………..………..………64
