3. Based on the reflections of the actions, it could be seen that there were some successful and unsuccessful actions in the use of comic strips in the teaching
and learning process. This implies that the researcher needs to provide more varied comic strips and activities to enhance students’ speaking skills to
improve the teaching ability.
C. Suggestions
After conducting the research, the researcher proposed some suggestions for the English teacher, students and other researchers. The suggestions are as
follows. 1. For the English teacher
It is important for the English teacher, especially the English teachers in SMP N 3 Mertoyudan to improve students’ speaking skills. The teacher needs to
develop their speaking skills and create an enjoyable classroom atmosphere in the classroom, so that the students will be motivated to learn. It can be done by using
comic strips accompanied by some activities enabling students to develop their speaking skills.
2. For the students The students should be more active to practice English, especially in
speaking. In this case, comic strips can be one of the alternative media to practice speaking since comic strips allows them to see the use of of some particular
expressions or sentences in certain contexts.
3. For other researchers In conducting this research, the researcher found a technical problem
dealing with the comic strips. The comic strips were too small to be used in teaching. So, the researcher suggests other researchers to prepare and make sure
that the teaching aids can work well. In addition, the results of this research are expected to be able to encourage other researchers to conduct further study related
to speaking skills or the use of comic strips for other skills.
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