CHAPTER V CONCLUSIONS, IMPLICATIONS AND SUGGESTIONS
This chapter discusses the information about the conclusion of the research, implication, and suggestion. The explanation of each point will be presented as
follows.
A. Conclusion
This research was conducted at the grade VIII F of SMP Negeri 15 Yogyakarta. The aim of the research was
to improve the students‟ speaking skills through the use of comic strips. Based on the discussions in the previous chapter,
it can be concluded that the implementation of comic strips in the teaching and learning process of speaking was believed to be effective to improve
the students‟ speaking skills. The actions were implemented in two cycles. Cycle 1 was
conducted in three meetings and cycle 2 was conducted in two meetings. In formulating the result, the researcher gained two kinds of data in this research:
qualitative and quantitative data. The qualitative data were summarized as follows.
In cycle 1 the researcher implemented a main action and 4 accompanying actions: using comic strips in the teaching and learning process of speaking,
establishing rapport, conducting pre-communicative activities, giving feedback on students‟ performances, and giving handouts as daily materials. From the
observations and interviews, it was found that the use of comic strips aroused the student
s‟ interest and made them more motivated to speak English. Through the use of comic strips, the students also visibly made a difference in their
comprehension. Before, they felt frustrated to do context guessing and consult a dictionary all the time yet they still missed large portions of the texts given. After
using comic strips, when asked, they found it much easier to comprehend them. In Cycle 2, she implemented the same actions as cycle 1 with some
improvements and 1 additional action that is giving tangible rewards for active students. It was revealed that students became more and more motivated to Learn
English. They enjoyed participating in the classroom activities. More than that, students‟ vocabulary mastery was gradually increased through the use of comic
strips as media. They showed more various vocabulary while taking part in the speaking activities. Very often, students did not know the meanings of certain
words. Previously, most of them would have asked the meanings of those words to the teacher or the researcher but after several chances to practice speaking
English using comic strips, they tried to infer the meanings from pictures and context first since comic strips have pictures and contain of short conversation in
bubbles of speech. Those qualitative data were supported by the quantitative data. The
students‟ scores indicate the improvement of their speaking skills. The score were gained from the pre-test and post-test. The mean scores increased from 10.87 to
12.97. This shows that the use of comic strips was successful in improving the students‟ speaking skills.
B. Implications
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