THE EFFECTIVENESS OF USING PICTURE SERIES IN TEACHING WRITING NARRATIVE TEXT OF EIGHTH GRADE STUDENTS OF SMP NEGERI 1 NGANTRU IN THE ACADEMICYEAR 2014/2015
Abstract
Writing gives us unique opportunities to explore ideas and
information. By writing, we care to subjects well and make them our own.
In relation to using instructional media in learning writing, the use of
pictures series can be a choice as one of many alternative ways to help
students learn writing. Pictures and all of their form for instance pictures of
story, There are a lot of language activities that can be done using pictures
series. This research used experimental research. The researcher used one
group pretest posttest design which one of pre experimental research. The
subject of the study is the eighth grade students of SMPN 1 Ngantru in the
academic year of 2014/2015. There were 33 students. The technique used
for collecting data is pre-test and post-test and interview. Based on the
result of data, mean of pretest score is 73,03 and mean of Post Test score is
84,5. It means that posttest score was higher than pretest. The result of the
study was that the students’ progress during teaching and learning activity
by using picture series in teaching writing narrative texts to effect writing
skill was good. In the T-Test result, T-value = 6.424> 2.0369 (T- table).
The significance level < 0,05. So, the Ho was rejected and Ha was accepted.
KEY WORDS: Picture series and Narrative text
information. By writing, we care to subjects well and make them our own.
In relation to using instructional media in learning writing, the use of
pictures series can be a choice as one of many alternative ways to help
students learn writing. Pictures and all of their form for instance pictures of
story, There are a lot of language activities that can be done using pictures
series. This research used experimental research. The researcher used one
group pretest posttest design which one of pre experimental research. The
subject of the study is the eighth grade students of SMPN 1 Ngantru in the
academic year of 2014/2015. There were 33 students. The technique used
for collecting data is pre-test and post-test and interview. Based on the
result of data, mean of pretest score is 73,03 and mean of Post Test score is
84,5. It means that posttest score was higher than pretest. The result of the
study was that the students’ progress during teaching and learning activity
by using picture series in teaching writing narrative texts to effect writing
skill was good. In the T-Test result, T-value = 6.424> 2.0369 (T- table).
The significance level < 0,05. So, the Ho was rejected and Ha was accepted.
KEY WORDS: Picture series and Narrative text