2.8 The Effect of Using Cartoon Video on Reading Comprehension
According to Sherman 2003:1, many people like to spend their time with audio visual media, although printed text may still be powerful. In addition,
Sherman 2003:6 says that the eye is more powerful than the ear. It means that when video offers both listening and reading, people will tend to read than to
listen. As a proof, when people watch the video supported by the subtitle, people will tend to read the subtitle rather than listen to the sound or voice spoken by the
characters. Dealing with comprehension, Hemei 1997:45 explains that video makes
meaning clear by illustrating relationship between word-pictures. When the wordsthe sentencesthe paragraphs cannot be understood by the students, the
images will substitute the role of them. The images in video will explain about the meaning. So, video will be very useful to help the students to gain their reading
comprehension because the information presented by video is clear and then it will be easy for the students to interpret the message.
Video has been proven to be an effective medium in teaching English. Thalut 2010 who did an experimental research at MTsN Jember III reported that
there was a significant effect of using video clips on listening comprehension achievement for the seventh grade students of MTs Negeri Jember III in the
academic year of 20102011. It was proved from the result of the posttest that the significant column value of t-test was 0.000 and it was less than 0.05. It indicated
that the result of t-test analysis was significant. Besides, video could also improve the students’ reading comprehension. According to the classroom action research
conducted by Shindy 2013, the result showed that video could improve the students’ reading comprehension. The improvement could be seen from the
percentage of the students who got score 75 or higher in cycle 2 81.84 than that in cycle 1 66.67. It means that it achieved the target required, that was
75. Based on the explanation above, it can be concluded that video can help
the students to understand the context of the story. By using video, hopefully the students are motivated to practice their reading skill.
2.9 Hypothesis
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