Background of the Study
4
sentences in the form of the past tense, the students found that it was difficult to develop their idea, it was also difficult for the students to find the appropriate
words they want to use in their writing, and there were many students who wrote words and sentences with wrong spelling and punctuations.
The researcher found that there were many factors that made the students have low ability in writing narrative texts. The factors mostly come from the
students. The students could not write sentences in a good form. The grammar was not well developed. Many students made grammatical errors, especially when
they wrote sentences in the form of the past-tense. The students found that it was difficult to develop their idea. Furthermore, it was so difficult for them to find
appropriate words they wanted to use in their writing. There were many students who wrote words and sentences with wrong spelling and punctuations.
The other factor came from the media which was used by the teacher. The teacher mostly used a text book which was presented in the form of powerpoint
without modifying it or adding some visual media which were interesting like pictures or symbols. So it was so boring for the students.
Dealing with those problems, the researcher found a way to improve the eighth grade students’ narrative writing ability by using Comic Strips since Comic
Strips are interesting media which provide pictures and dialogues. The dialogues and the pictures in Comic Strips can make it easier for the students to find the idea
about what they are going to write. Comic Strips are also good media. Using Comic Strips can avoid students’ boredom because of the attractive appearance.
5