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to stimulate their motivation and give students’ interest in teaching-learning process. It also increases their knowledge and enriches their vocabularies.
1.3 Statement of the problem
The problems that will be discussed in this study are: 1
How is comic implemented in teaching narrative to the eighth grade students of MTs N Brangsong?
2 To what extent is the ability of the eighth grade students of MTs N
Brangsong in writing a simple narrative text based on the comics? 3
What are the advantages and disadvantages of using comics in teaching narrative?
1.4 Objectives of the Study
The objectives of the study can be stated as follows:
1 To find out how effective comic is, as an alternative way to inspire
student’s mastery writing narrative text, whether there is a significant correlation between the students’ interest in reading comics and their
achievement in writing narrative text. 2
To give some explanations on how comic is used in teaching writing. 3
To find out the advantages and disadvantages in teaching narrative by using comic.
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1.5 Significances of the Study
With reference to the title of this thesis there are some term that should clarified to avoid misunderstanding and different meaning for readers, they are:
1 Comics
Comics or, less commonly, sequential art is a form of visual
art consisting of images which are commonly combined with text, often in the
form of speech balloons
or image captions. Originally used to illustrate caricatures
and to entertain through the use of amusing and trivial stories, it has by now evolved into a literary medium with many subgenres.
2 Text
It is a unit of meaning which is coherent and appropriate for its context.
3 Teaching
According to Hornby 1225: 1995, teaching is the work of a teacher to give students information about a particular subject
4 Narrative
Narrative www.en.wikipedia.orgwikinarrative
is a construct created in a suitable format written, spoken, poetry, prose, images, song,
theater , or
dance that describes a sequence of
fictional or non-fictional events. It is a
story genre which purposes to amuse, entertain and to deal with actual or various experience in different ways
5 Writing
Writing is a means to express ideas, thoughts, and feelings through a
media. Writing www.en.wikipedia.orgwikiwriting
. is the representation
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of language in a textual medium
through the use of a set of signs or symbols known as a
writing system .
1.6 Limitations of the Study
The writer limits this study to the following things: 1
The comic used for this study is taken from the Naruto comic chapter 239- 244 English version.
2 This observation is only conducted to the eighth grade of Junior High
School at MTs N Brangsong Kendal in the academic year of 20082009
Outline of the Study
This thesis consists of five chapters. The first chapter the background of the study, the reasons for choosing the topic, the statement of the problem, the
objectives of the study , the significances of the study, the limitations of the study and the outline of the thesis.
The second chapter presents the definition of writing, the types of writing, steps in writing, definition of narrative, the generic structure of narrative texts, the
characteristic of narrative, written narrative in junior high school, the definition of comics, the general concept of comic books, choosing the authentic comic, comics
as a media in teaching writing skill, the action research, the characteristics of action research, the aim of conducting action research, thebenefits of conducting
action research, and the steps in action research The third chapter deals with subject of the study, instrument of the study,
method of analyzing data, scoring technique, classifying the scores, criterion of
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assessment, research design, identification of problem, assumption, cycles, pre- test, and post-test.
The fourth chapter presents the data analysis and the discussion of the result. It covers the analyses of all activities starting from the implementing of
using comic in the teaching narrative, the pre-test up to the post-test, and the analysis of the non-test instruments of the research findings.
The fifth chapter presents the conclusion and suggestion based on the research finding
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CHAPTER II REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE
The second chapter presents the definition of writing, the definition of narrative, the definition of comics, the general concept of comic books, choosing
the authentic comic, comics as a media in teaching writing skill, the action research, the characteristics of action research, the aim of conducting action
research, the benefits of conducting action research, and the steps in action research
2.1 Definition of Writing
