Tesis : IMPROVING THE STUDENTS’ WRITING SKILL USING THE COMBINATION OF WORD-MAP AND COMIC STRIPS AS TEACHING MEDIA

ABSTRACT

IMPROVING THE STUDENTS’ WRITING SKILL USING COMBINATION OF WORD-MAP AND COMIC STRIPS AS TEACHING MEDIA. Thesis. Surakarta. English Department of Graduate Program. 2011

 The students’ problem was lack of writing skill. It is caused by the lack of writing English texts and less motivation of writing. The research is carried out to arouse the students’ motivation to write, in this case, writing English texts. Hopefully, they can improve their writing skill.   

The data were collected through observation, interview and documentation. The qualitative data were collected through the students’ participation in writing class. The observation is on the students’ ability to do the exercises, join the group discussion and making composition. The data were supported by the informal interview after the reading class has been finished. It is carried out to find out the students’ problems during the use of comic books in the writing class. The quantitative data were obtained through the result of exercises and the post-test.

The findings show that the use of comic books in writing class gives some positive aspects. The first effect is on the students’ affective factors such as motivation and self confident. The second effect is the change of the students’ attitude toward the teaching learning process. The third effect is on the active participation during the reading class. The last but not the least is the improvement on reading comprehension, especially the writing score.

The research finding implies that the use of comic books can be an alternative technique to promote the students’ writing skill. Therefore, it is recommended that the English teachers apply it. It is also recommended that the institution socialize the findings since it is useful for English subject. The last is for the other researcher to develop the aspect of writing skill which has not been developed in the research.