imagination in writing. However, the teacher did not provide interesting media to help them organize their sentences.
This research uses those problems as the basis to implement an alternative way in teaching writing. Media can help the students to find their own strength
and weakness in writing and to correct their errors. Comic strip is one of the learning aids that can be provided by the teacher to their students to improve their
writing skills. A comic strip is defined as a series of cartoons that tell a story Encarta
Reference Library, 2012. It is one of the media that appropriate to facilitate the students in writing the narrative texts. It will improve the students’ involvement
during the writing process and create many activities in the classroom. Therefore, the researcher tried to implement this media in writing teaching and learning
process in order to improve the students’ skills in writing narrative texts.
C. Limited of the problem
Based on the identification of the problem above, this research focuses on the use of comic strips as a media to improve students’ skills of writing narrative
texts for eleventh grade students of MAN Yogyakarta II in the academic year of 20122013
D. Formulation of The Problem
How can comic strips are used to improve students skills of writing narrative texts for the eleventh grade students of MAN Yogyakarta II in the
academic year of 20122013
E. Objectives
This research is aimed at improving student’s skills of writing narrative texts for the eleventh grade students of MAN Yogyakarta II in the academic year
of 20122013
F. Significances
The result of this research is expected to provide useful information to increase the teaching of English focusing on the writing narrative texts, which can
give contribution to language teaching and contribution to learners especially at MAN Yogyakarta II.
1. Theoretically This research can give implementation in developing her knowledge and
skill in problem solving processes 2. For the English teacher in MAN Yogyakarta II
This research can be used as a source of information about ways to improve the students writing ability
3. For the principal of MAN Yogyakarta II The research will help him to improve his understanding about English
Foreign Language learning processes. Such understanding will encourage him to facilitate any efforts to improve EFL learning process.
4. For MAN Yogyakarta II The research will make them more be interested and motivated to learn
and write English. 5. For other researcher
The research can give general knowledge of how to improve students writing ability. The research also can be used as the foundation for thwe
next research.
CHAPTER II LITERATURE REVIEW
This chapter presents theories that underlie this research. The discussion of this chapter is divided into two main parts; theoretical review and conceptual
framework. In theoretical review, the researcher discusses some theories and relevant research studies which are relevant with the topic. In the conceptual
framework, the research relates the theory to the study.
A. THEORETICAL REVIEW
This sub-chapter discusses some relevant theories which are related to the study. Those are divided into four parts. They are writing, teaching writing,
teaching writing in senior high school and comic strips. 1.
Writing a. The nature of writing
Writing is one of the productive skills. It means that the writers and speakers go through producing a language Harmer, 2007:7. Woodman and
Adler 1985:7 states, writing is a dynamic process that weaves back and forth between thought and words. However, the product of writing is not as instant as
speaking. Writing does not only put the idea into a paper but how the written text can be understandable by paying attention to some aspects to create a good
written text. Writing involves complex thinking that must integrate all of the components such as the topic or theme, word choices, organization, purpose,
audience, clarity, sequence, cohesion and transcription Westwood, 2008:56.
