1.3 Statement of the Problem
Through this study, the writer wants to find out the answer of the questions: How the animation movies are used to improve the students
’ ability in writing narrative text at eleventh grade students of SMA Negeri 1 Wanadadi in the
academic year of 20092010? How effective does the use of animation movies in improving the students
’ ability in writing narrative text at tenth grade students of SMA Negeri 1 Wanadadi in the
academic year of 20092010?
1.4 Objectives of the Study
The objectives of the study can be stated as follows: to describe the use of animation movies to improve the tenth grade students of
SMA Negeri 1 Wanadadii in the academic year of 20092010 in writing narrative text.
to describe the effectiveness of using animation movies to improve the students ’
ability in writing narrative text at the tenth grade students of SMA Negeri 1 Wanadadi in the academic year of 20092010.
1.5 Variables
According to Arikunto 2006:118, “variable is a research object or what which as
point of attention in a research. ” Tuckman as quoted by Saleh 2001:58-59 points
out that there are two types of variables:
Independent variable is a stimulus variable or input. Independent variable X is the variable that the experimenter changes within a defined range. It is
the variable in whose the effect of the experimenter is interested. Dependent variable is a response variable or output. Dependent variable Y
is the variable that measures the influence of the independent variable.
In this research, the independent variable of this study X was the use of animation movies as a medium in teaching writing narrative text. The dependent
variable Y was the improvement of the students ’ achievement in writing
narrative text. Those two variables became the focus in this study. Basically, this research was conducted in order to find out the relationships between two
variables or the influence of variable has on another variable.
1.6 Hypothesis of the Study
There are two hypotheses in this study. The first is the working hypothesis or the alternative hypothesis H
. The alternative hypothesis in this study is “There is a significant difference in achievement between students who were taught writing
narrative text by using animation movies and those who were not. ”
The second hypothesis is the null hypothesis H о. Since the hypothesis
will be statistically tested, I have to change the alternative hypothesis into the null hypothesis. The null hypothesis in this study is
“There is no significant difference in achievement between students who were taught writing narrative text using
animation movies and those who were not. ”
1.7 Significance of the Study
The significance of this study is classified into two parts, for the students and for the teachers. Those are:
For the students Animation movies give the pleasure and relax learning to the students. So that,
they will not get bored and motivated their self to study hard. For the teachers
The teacher will get new media which can improve the students ’ creativity in
speaking, especially for the English teachers in SMA Negeri 1 Wanadadi.
1.8 Outline of