Linawati, Linawati (2012) The Use of Picture Series to Improve the Writing Ability in Writing Narrative Text of the Eleventh Students of MA. Mathalibul Huda Mlonggo. Update Test thesis, Universitas Muria Kudus.

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Language is universal. English as an international language becomes a part of educational curriculumn. The English mastery will bring a new transformation of knowledge and science. The English teaching and learning process in MA Mathalibul Huda Mlonggo need improvement especially in using a media especially material conducting with writing narrating text.This study was performed to answer the research problem, (1) How is the students interest of MA. Mathalibul Huda Mlonggo in writing narrative text using pictures series?. (2) How can picture series improve the writing ability in writing narrative texts of the 11th graders of MA. Mathalibul Huda Mlonggo Jepara?. This study was aimed at developing strategy in using picture series to improve student’s ability in producing a better narrative writing. The picture series consisted of more than four pictures arranged chronologically. They were selected on the basis of clarity, size, color and neatness, so that the students could catch the story easily. This study is action research, which consisted of two cycles, each of which consisted of one meetings. Every learning process of these cycle consisted of three stages: pre-teaching, whilst teaching, and post-teaching. The subject of the study was the students of XI.IPA 1 of MA. Mathalibul Huda Mlonggo Jepara. The research instruments used in this study are: observation checklist, field notes, questionnaire, and picture series. The data obtained from the observation checklist and the research questionnaire were presented in tables and the results are presented descriptively in percentage, while the data gained from the field notes is used to know the student’s condition during the learning process and to support the result of student’s interest while the picture series instrumen of the students' writings were analyzed and reported to see the students' improvement on the result of their writings of narratives. The findings showed that the picture series as instructional media is very good. The students find that it was attractive, effective, easy to understand, and the most important is that it helped students generate their ideas easily to narrate a story and achieve better performance in writing narratives than before. It can be seen from the progress of the student’s interest in the cycle I is 72.1 % while in the cycle II is 77.75 % This medium effectively improved the students' ability in writing narrative texts. In cycle I the average of the student’s ability is 48,5 %. It is in the low category. Then, in Cycle 2, the average of the student’s ability is 71 %. Then, the result of questioniare in cycle I is 50 % and it is sufficient while in the cycle II the questioniare result is 84 % and it is very good. The result shows the effectiveness of picture series in improving writing ability in narrative. It is suggested that English teachers can use picture series as an alternative media to teach writing narrative and should pay attention to size, colour and attractiveness of picture series which are used.

Item Type:	Skripsi/ Thesis (Update Test)
Dosen Pembimbing:	Advisor: (i) Drs. Suprihadi, M.Pd and (ii) Nuraeningsih,S.Pd. M.Pd.
Kata Kunci:	picture series, students' writing ability, narratives.
Subjects:	Bahasa dan sastra > Bahasa Inggris
Program Studi:	Fakultas Keguruan & Ilmu Pendidikan > Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris
Depositing User:	Users 1245 not found.
Date Deposited:	05 Nov 2012 04:36
Last Modified:	05 Nov 2012 04:36
URI:	http://eprints.umk.ac.id/id/eprint/446

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