Istiyani, Yuliana (2013) IMPROVING STUDENTS’ WRITING SKILLS THROUGH COMIC STRIPS IN GRADE VIII OF SMP N 1 NGEMPLAK. S1 thesis, Universitas Negeri Yogyakarta.
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Abstract
This research is aimed at improving students’ writing skills through comic strips in the eighth grade of SMP N 1 Ngemplak, in the first semester of the 2012/2013 academic year. This was an action research study. It was carried out from October 12th to November 20th 2012. The participants of the research were the researcher, 35 students of class VIII D and three research collaborators. It was conducted in two cycles. The research was begun by gathering the initial information of the field problems, namely reconnaissance. Then, a series of planning, actions, and observation were done. There were two kinds of data in this research, namely quantitative and qualitative data. The quantitative data were obtained by conducting a pre–test at the beginning of the research and a post-test at the end of the research to measure the students’ writing skills. Then, the qualitative data were obtained by conducting classroom observations and interviews. The quantitative data were analyzed by measuring the means and standard deviations of the students’ writing scores. The researcher also performed a paired-samples t-test to find out the difference between the means of the pre-test and post-test. The qualitative data were analyzed through data collection, data reduction, data display, and conclusion drawing and verification. The validity of the qualitative data was gained through the five criteria of validity. Those were democratic validity, outcome validity, process validity, dialogic validity, and catalytic validity. Through the cycles in this research, positive changes happened to the students’ writing skills, such as developing ideas and using the text organization, grammar, vocabulary, and mechanics, as well as the teaching and learning process. Regarding the quantitative data, the means of the students’ writing scores from the pre-test and post-test are compared to the ideal mean, namely 12.5. The means are 8.67 and 14.67 respectively. The t-test reveals that the t value is -11.14 and the significance level of the difference is 0.00. This indicates that the difference between the means is significant. The qualitative data also reveal that the teaching of writing through comic strips has improved the students’ interest in learning recount texts. In conclusion, the teaching of writing through comic strips has effectively improved the students’ writing skills.
| Item Type: | Thesis (S1) |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | writing skills, comic strips |
| Subjects: | Bahasa dan Sastra > Bahasa dan Sastra Inggris |
| Divisions: | Fakultas Bahasa, Seni dan Budaya (FBSB) > Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris > Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris |
| Depositing User: | Admin Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris FBS |
| Date Deposited: | 07 Jul 2015 01:05 |
| Last Modified: | 30 Jan 2019 00:49 |
| URI: | http://eprints.uny.ac.id/id/eprint/22771 |
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