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aids can also give the students an opportunity to extend their ability and also to explore their talent.
Since long time ago teacher already use any kinds of audio visual aid for example; in book, picture, song, real object, etc. In this final project the writer
chose a Pinocchio film in a writing class, the writer hopes that by using film the students will be more interested in learning writing in a class.
The writer will explore a genre in writing, that is, narrative, because narrative is an interesting genre for students because they can share their idea,
opinion and their own experience, like writing in a diary. According Charles et al 1985:129, he had an opinion:
A narrative is a story; a narrative writing is writing that tells about a story. We use narrative writing when we tell a friend about something interesting that
happened to you at work or in school, when you tell someone a joke, or if you write about the events of the day in the privacy of a diary or journal.
A narrative text is very suitable for the students in writing class because they can easily express their own idea drawn from their own experience at school,
house or anywhere, in their narrative writing.
1.2 Reasons for Choosing the Topic
Some reasons why the writer chooses the titles “The Use of Pinocchio Cartoon Film to Improve Student’s Narrative Text Writing Skill”, The Case of
Year VIII students of SMPN 37 Semarang.
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a A narrative text is the most interesting of writing genre for students of Junior High School because it tells about something imaginative so it will be quite
relevant to their world and make them produce a text. b As a student of the education program of the English Department the writer
has a great interest in this problem. The writer would like to find out more about the problems in teaching writing especially to students in Junior High
School. The writer uses Pinocchio film because this film has strong characters that
are very interesting for the students, Pinocchio also has a lot of moral values that can give a lot of social education to the students, and Pinocchio also has a simple
story.
1.3 Statements of the Problem
The problems that will be discussed in this study are: 1. How can the Pinocchio cartoon be used as a teaching medium in teaching
narrative text? 2. To what extent does the use of Pinocchio film as a teaching aid improve the
ability of student in writing a narrative text?
1.4 Objectives of the Study
The objective of this study can be stated as follows: 1.
to find the reason How can the Pinocchio cartoon be used as a teaching medium in teaching narrative text
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2. to find out the extent to which Pinocchio improve the ability of students in
writing a narrative text.
1.5 Significance
This study will have significance as follows: 1 through this study, a new strategy about using film can have contribution in
teaching writing of narrative text. 2 through this study, it is hoped that the students can be more creative to
express their ideas, thought, feelings as freely as possible in writing English narrative text.
3 through this study, the result will be useful for the teacher to improve hisher teaching process and will be more creative in hisher teaching.
1.6 Outline of the Study
