Improving students’ writing skill by using comic strips (An Action Research at the Eight Grade of SMP Negeri 5 Surakarta in Academic Year 2012/2013)
Penulis Utama
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Rahajeng Gienovita Anggraeni
NIM / NIP
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K2202072
×This research aims at: 1) identifying how the use of Comic Strips can
improve students’ writing skill; and 2) describing the classroom climate when
Comic Strips is implemented in the writing class.
The method used in this research is a collaborative action research which was
conducted in two cycles at the eighth grade students of SMP Negeri 5 Surakarta
from April 15th to May 8th, in which in the first cycle there were 3 meetings and in
the second cycle there were 2 meetings. Each cycle consisted of four steps:
planning, implementing, evaluation, and reflection. The research data were
collected by using observation, questionnaire, interviews, field notes,
photographs, and tests. The qualitative data were analyzed through assembling the
data, coding, comparing, building interpretations, and reporting the outcomes. The
quantitative data were analyzed by comparing the mean scores of the pre-test and
the post-tests.
The research findings show that Comic Strips could improve students’
writing skill and classroom climate of English class. The improvement of
students’ writing skill includes: 1) students could develop their idea; 2) students
were able to make coherence and cohesive text; 3) students could find the
appropriate vocabularies; 4) students made fewer mistakes in grammar; 5)
students made fewer mistakes in spelling, punctuation, and capitalization. The
improvement of classroom situation includes: 1) students were always ready to
have writing class immediately; 2) students developed the idea fluently without
talking with other students; 3) students paid full attention to the lesson; 4)
students did not take a long time anymore to write sentence; 5) students made less
noisy during the lesson. The meaan score had the improvement from pretest to the
post-test 2. In the pretest, the students got 64.05, while in the post test 1 they got
75.03 and in the post test 2 they got 79.93.
The researcher finds that this research could i students’ writing skill and
the classroom climate. It becomes one appropriate way in teaching writing.
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Penulis Utama
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Rahajeng Gienovita Anggraeni
Penulis Tambahan
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NIM / NIP
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K2202072
Tahun
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2012
Judul
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Improving students’ writing skill by using comic strips (An Action Research at the Eight Grade of SMP Negeri 5 Surakarta in Academic Year 2012/2013)
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Imprint
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Surakarta - FKIP - 2012
Program Studi
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S-1 Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris
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Sumber
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UNS-FKIP Jur. Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris-K.2202072-2012
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Skripsi
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Status
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Public
Pembimbing
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1. Drs. Martono, M.A 2. Drs. Ahmad Dahlan Rais, M. Hum.
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Fak. KIP
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