Author (Penulis)

Rina Widarsih
Universitas Nusantara PGRI Kediri

Author Identity (NPM)

12.1.01.08.0047

Abstract

ABSTRACT Writing is one of important skills in English language. In addition, students should master writing ability too. For most of students it is the most important skill to master in order to ensure success in learning. But many students still find difficulties in express their ideas into the text so their writing score is bad. It is caused by teaching technique and media applied by the teacher who uses traditional way so it makes students’ low motivation in writing ability. This problem can be solved by using picture series media. This media is beneficial for reviewing and integrating subject matter. So it can increase students’ motivation in writing ability. The purpose of this research is to know the effect of using picture series before and after being taught using picture series media, and to finding out any effect of picture series on students’ writing ability. the problem is formulated in a research question: “Is there any significant difference before and after being taught by using picture series on students writing narrative text ability of the eighth grade at junior high school 3 Kediri?” It is a quantitative research with pre experimental design. This research used pre-test and post-test to collect the data. Then, the subject of the research was the eight grade students of SMPN 3 Kediri in academic year 2015/2016. The sample of this research was class VIII-J consisting of 36 students. There are three steps to collect the data involves pre-test, treatment, and post-test. The researcher uses writing test and the type of test is writing narrative text. The result of the research showed that students’ writing ability increased after being taught using picture series. It could be seen that the mean of post-test (71,7) is higher than pre-test (53,06) then the result of the data that was computed by the t-test formula is (10,39). It could be concluded that t-test was higher than t-table (10,39 > 2,750).It means Ho was rejected and Ha was accepted. So, the conclusion is any very significant effect in students’ writing ability at eight grade on SMPN 3 Kediri. Based on the result of the research, it can be concluded that Picture Series media has good effect on students’ writing ability. Basically Picture Series is very useful for students. Using Picture Series makes the students can develop their ideas more easily and which help the students to solve their difficulties too. So, the researcher suggests to the teacher to use Picture Series media. Keyword: Writing, narrative text, Picture series

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PUBLISHED

2017-02-10

JOURNAL

Simki-Pedagogia

ISSN

2599-073X

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