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According to Guildea 1990 in http:www.scribd.comUsing-movies-and videos-to-teach-English-vocabulary-to-the10th-form-students.htm, the advantage
of the movies usage in teaching is as follow. “Video pictures improve sentence production for many words. The
learners who watch video pictures are able to produce a higher percentage of acceptable sentences using the most difficult target words than the
learner who read only the narratives or those who read both the narratives
and definitions.” While Lucille Lever 2009 in her paper of promoting writing skill in ESL
classroom, she stated that pictures, cartoons and comic strips contained elements that pleased the eye, relaxed the body, and stimulated writing production in
language lessons. Using cartoons as a springboard developed the skills of grammar and conversation in writing; it stimulated the imagination and results in
creative language production.
5. Definition of Animation Movie
Animation movie is interested for students from kindergarten to senior high school. It can amuse the viewer, because animation movie grow along period
of time. Movie maker made it more innovative, fun and not monotones. There are many opinions about animation movie. Poulson says that animation is a form of
media where, using animation, characters are shown with simplified features, but still maintaining an ability to recognize www.cwrl.utexas.edupoulson.
Definition of animation movie stated in Microsoft Encarta Encyclopedia 2009 is a movie consisting of a series of drawn, painted, or modeled scenes
produced by computer techniques or the image produced. The motion pictures created by recording a series of still images
—drawings, objects, or people in various positions of incremental movement
—that when played back no longer appear individually as static images but combine to produce the illusion of
unbroken motion. It usually consists of a series of drawings or photographs on paper that are viewed with a mechanical device or by flipping through a hand-held
sequence of images.
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While from Oxford American Word Power Dictionary 1998 stated that animation movie is a movie or television program that tells a story by using
moving animation drawings instead of real people and places. According to some definitions above, it can be assumed that animation
movie is a form of media as the representation of man‟s character, man‟s idea, and certain situation by using moving drawing instead of real people and places.
6. The Role of Animation Movie in Writing Skill
Writing skill can be achieved in several ways. The use of animation movie will provide some important aspects in stimulating students‟ motivation in
producing the writing. In many subjects, animation movie can open up range of worthwhile learning activities Wittich and Schuller, 1953: 138. They also state
that classroom using films has many values, for example, pupil interest is heightened, more learning is accomplished, the retention of learned material is
more permanent, and interest in reading increase 1953: 404.
7. Techniques of Teaching Writing Using Animation Movie
