Review of the Previous Study

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CHAPTER II REVIEW OF THE RELATED LITERATURE

This chapter consists of three parts. They are the review of the previous studies, review of the related theories that support my research and the last part is the framework of analysis of my research.

2.1 Review of the Previous Study

Developing the students‘ speaking skill in retelling a story is not a new topic in writing a final project. There have been a number of researches concerning with the use of certain media and technique to teach speaking in retelling a story. Here are some final projects that have been conducted by previous students of English Department of UNNES. I use them as references in conducting this final project. Royanti 2008 in her study entitled ―The Use of English Comics to Improve Students‘ Ability in Story Retelling The Case of the Eighth Years Students of SMP N I Bojong, Pekalongan‖. She pointed out that the use of English Comics is an effective media in teaching story retelling. She stated that the E nglish Comics taken from 7th edition ―The Very Best of Donald Duck Comics‖ Bilingual Edition can stimulate students‘ motivation and interest in story retelling. The data analysis showed there were significant differences between the experimental group and control group. A study conducted by Sofiatun 2008 is ―Retelling Story as a Technique to Improve Student‘s Ability in Speaking English A Case of Second-Year Students of SMK 7 Semarang. She suggested that the implementation of retelling a story as a t echnique to improve students‘ speaking ability has proved it to be successful; it was supported by the results of the post-test which was higher than the pre-test. She also stated that retelling story could determine whether the students knew the idea, can make inferences, identify concepts, generalize concepts, and connect to the text. Ridwan 2009 in his final project entitled ―Using a Flash Animation as an Alternative Medium for Teaching Students Write Narrative Texts An Experiment on the Tenth Year Students of SMA N 10 Semarang in the Academic Year of 20082009‖ stated that flash animation could be used as an alternative media for teaching writing narrative text. The previous studies above use various media to improve students‘ ability in retelling a story. One of them uses a flash animation to teach students write a narrative story. The three researchers above conduct their researches as an experimental research. Therefore, it motivates me to conduct an action research using a flash animation to imp rove students‘ learning behaviour in speaking class particularly in retelling a story. I concerned on the students‘ behaviour changes.

2.2 Review of Theoretical Studies