Journal of English Language Teaching
Vol 6, No 1 (2017): Serie B

TEACHING READING BY USING COMIC STRIPS TO IMPROVE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS’ COMPREHENSION

Yondrizal Maulana (English Department Faculty of Languages and Arts State University of Padang)
Fitrawati Fitrawati (English Department Faculty of Languages and Arts State University of Padang)



Article Info

Publish Date
16 Sep 2017

Abstract

Reading comprehension is the ability to get information in a text and be able to interpret it appropriately. Reading comprehension is combination information from a text and own background knowledge to understanding the message conveyed by the author. However, not all of the Junior High School students learn reading comprehension easily which is caused by the learning activity which is not really interesting so that the students get bored.A blend of methods and media which the writer trying to describe in this paper, is expected to improve students' skills in reading comprehension. The media used is comic strips and theapplying method is PQRST. It is kinds of activity where students are ask to read a comic and trying to understand quickly what the story is contained in the comic.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

jelt

Publisher

Subject

Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media

Description

Journal of English Language Teaching is a journal published by English Language Teaching Study Program of FBS Universitas Negeri Padang. This journal is published three times a year (March, June, and September). The main purpose of this journal is to advance and foster English Language Teaching or ...