IMPROVING STUDENTS"™ WRITING ABILITY IN NARRATIVE TEXT BY USING PICTURE SERIES IN SMA

Authors

  • . Harmini English Education Study Program, Language and Art Education Department Teacher Training and Education Faculty of Tanjungpura University, Pontianak
  • H. Sofian English Education Study Program, Language and Art Education Department Teacher Training and Education Faculty of Tanjungpura University, Pontianak
  • Urai Salam English Education Study Program, Language and Art Education Department Teacher Training and Education Faculty of Tanjungpura University, Pontianak

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.26418/jppk.v4i4.9893

Abstract

Abstract: This research focused on finding out how Picture Series can improve students"™ writing ability in narrative text. The subjects of this research were eleventh grade students of SMAN 6 Pontianak. There were 33 students who actively participating in classroom. The researcher selected the media from real things related to the material. That is picture series.   In conducting this research, the researcher collected the data from the class by means of action research that was carried out through two cycles. The researcher found that there was an improvement from first cycle to the second cycle. The result of this research showed that the students"™ improvement in mastering writing narrative was good. The second cycle was higher than first cycle. There were 64.54% in the first cycle and 78.18% in second cycle. Based on this study, it was found that by using picture series the students"™ quality of writing was improved.

 

Keywords: Writing Ability, Narrative Text, Picture Series

Abstrak: Penelitian ini berfokus pada bagaimana picture series dapat meningkatkan kemampuan menulis siswa pada teks narasi. Subjek dalam penelitian ini adalah siswa kelas sebelas di SMAN 6 Pontianak. Terdapat 33 siswa yang aktif berpartisipasi di dalam kelas. Peneliti memilih media nyata yang disesuaikan dengan materi pembelajaran. Media tersebut berupa gambar berseri. Dalam melakukan penelitian ini, peneliti mengumpulkan data di kelas yaitu berupa penelitian tindakan kelas yang dilakukan dalam dua siklus. Peneliti menemukan peningkatan dari siklus pertama menuju siklus kedua. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa kemampuan menulis teks narasi siswa telah baik. Siklus kedua lebih tinggi dari siklus pertama. Pada siklus pertama 64.54% dan siklus kedua 78.18%. Berdasarkan penelitian ini, dapat disimpulkan bahwa dengan menggunakan picture series siswa dapat meningkatkan kemampuan menulis narasi.

 

Kata kunci: Kemampuan Menulis, Teks Narasi, Gambar Berseri

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Published

2015-04-22

Issue

Vol. 4 No. 4 (2015): April 2015

Section

Articles