THE IMPLEMENTATION OF COMIC STRIPS TO IMPROVE STUDENTS’ ABILITY IN WRITING NARRATIVE TEXT AT THE ELEVENTH GRADE OF SMA MUHAMMADIYAH PURWOREJO IN THE ACADEMIC YEAR OF 2013/2014

Abstract

The objectives of the research are (1) to describe the implementation of teaching writing using Comic Strips to improve students’ ability in writing narrative text at the eleventh grade students of SMA Muhammadiyah Purworejo, (2) to describe the students’ response on teaching writing using Comic Strips at the eleventh grade students of SMA Muhammadiyah Purworejo in the academic year of 2013/2014. The researcher uses the eleventh grade of SMA Muhammadiyah Purworejo, the research subject consist of 30 students. The researcher uses classroom observation research as research designs which consists of two sections, those are pre-implementation and implementation section. The implementation consists of planning and observing. The researcher uses observation and interview in collecting the data. In pre-implementation section the mean score of students’ writing ability in narrative text is 67, but in the implementation the mean score of students’ writing ability in narrative text using comic strips increase become to 77.4. It means that the implementation of comic strips in improving students’ writing ability is success. From the interview, the researcher found that comic strip is appropriate to be applied in teaching writing. The students also gave a positive response, because they become more creative and active in writing narrative text.