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B. Theoretical Framework
In teaching language, especially English, the teachers face four kinds of skill. Writing is one of the skills which be considered as an important skill and
also a difficult skill to be improved. Since it is an important and a difficult skill to be taught, some teachers might deal with difficulties in delivering the materials of
writing skill. One of the materials that can be found in the syllabus of senior high school level is the narrative text.
Among various types of text, narrative texts are interesting materials which is considered attractive to the students. The narrative texts provide many
kinds of stories that the students can find in their reality life. In contrast, based on the preliminary study, the students of
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Yogyakarta had some difficulties in writing a narrative text. Some students stated that it was difficult for
them to construct some ideas of what they needed to write. It reflected on the results of their narrative texts. They added that it took longer times for them to
finish the task of writing a narrative text if the teacher did not lead them. Based on the problem above, the researcher offered picture series as the
media to solve the problem. The researcher chose picture series after considering the previous classroom action research on the use of picture series and the
advantages of this media. The Classroom Action Research CAR was chosen to be the method of implementing the use of picture series in the learning process. It
consisted of four steps; planning, action, observing, and reflecting. These steps were
based on Kemmis and McTaggart‘s model.
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During the implementation of picture series, the researcher used the genre- based approach. This approach required the researcher to go through five stages in
which each stage has different kinds of activities. By combining the genre-based approach and the use of picture series, the students were expected to produce a
simple narrative text.
CHAPTER III RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
This chapter presents the discussion of the methodology of the research. The discussion consists of research method, research setting, participants,
instruments, data gathering technique, data analysis technique, and research procedure.
A. Research Method
The research was conducted with an intention to find out to what extent the use of picture series in enhancing student‘s writing skill in narrative texts.
Therefore, the researcher conducted a Classroom Action Research CAR as the method of the research. Burns 1999 states that the major focus of action research
is on concrete and practical issues of immediate concern to particular social groups or communities. As stated by Nunan 1992 and McKernan 1996, cited
by Burns 1999, the action research is conducted in naturally occurring settings, primarily using methods common to qualitative research. It is intended to lead to
improvement in the practice of some professional activity, like in language teaching Ellis, 2012.
The researcher has conducted the observation of the classroom activity and the learning process during her teaching internship program. The researcher
taught English in XE class. There were twenty two students in 20132014 academic year. There was an issue found that the students need an instructional
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