The Effectiveness of Using Comic in Teaching English

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2. The Language used should avoid impolite

speech, employ proper ways of speech, and avoid using too aggressive words.

3. The Pictures presented should not be too

complicated but friendly to children and should be well structure and bright.

c. The Effectiveness of Using Comic in Teaching English

As one of the media comic can be used in class. The use of comic in classroom activities may serve a lot of advantages. Yang wrote down that the use of comic can be “motivating” visual, permanent, intermediary, and popular can harnessed in practically any subject and at practically any grade level”. 18 This statement shows that comic are valuable to be use in class. Medina wrote down “because of their visual, attractive, often humorous perspective are highly attractive to most student and usually with a single message where organized display is easy to read and remember”. 19 It can be said that the picture and the words as elements of comic has facilitated students in learning. In other words, the pictures presented have made the learning easier to students. Through picture and word, student will understand the lesson better. Moreover, some funny pictures presented makes the teaching learning activities became less threatening to students. Thus, it will have a positive impact on students’ 18 Yang. G, Comic in Education, 2003, p.1. Taken From: Httphomeearthlink net`~geneyangcomicseduhtml. 19 Wilson Javier Gonzalez, opcit,p.1 60 motivation. In addition, through the use of pictures, student will remember the lesson better. Furthermore, by using comic teachers can lead students to learn both in school and out of school. Besides, many activities can be done using comic. The use of comic in classroom may also enable student to think creatively. By using comic in variety classroom activities, teacher can encourage students to use the language to creative way. For example: teacher may ask students to feel in speech bubbles with suitable expression. While they are doing this activity, teachers have to stimulated students to express their idea in a meaningful way. Through comic student are able to use their imagination to find a match between the verbal description and the visual element presented.

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