(Using Comic Strips on Students’ Achievement in LearningProcedural Text in the Second Grade of SMA Negeri 1 Darul Imarah Aceh Besar)

Abstract

This research focused on using comic strips on students’ achievement in learning
procedural text. The purpose of this study was to find out whether or not comic strips
effective to be used on students’ achievement in learning procedural text in the second
grade of SMA Negeri 1 Darul Imarah Aceh Besar. The researcher used experimental
quantitative research as the method in this study. The test was used as the instrument. The
result showed that there is significant difference score of writing procedural text between
the students taught by using comic media and the students taught without using comic
media. The result showed that t-score (17.28) is higher than critical at level significant
0,05 (2,01505) for one test. It means that there was significant different between two test.
The alternative hypothesis (Ha) is accepted and the null hypothesis (H0) is rejected.
Therefore, it answers the research question that using comic media improved the students’
ability in writing procedural text. Thus, considering the use of comic strips on studenst’
achievement in learning procedural text is effective, therefore, it is suggested that the
English teachers have to use the comic strips as media in teaching and learning writing
especially procedural text.