Research in English and Education Journal
Vol 1, No 2: December 2016

The Application of Comic Strips in Teaching Vocabulary

Lisa Darsalina (Syiah Kuala University)
Arifin Syamaun (Syiah Kuala University)
Diana Fauzia Sari (Syiah Kuala University)



Article Info

Publish Date
19 Feb 2017

Abstract

This quantitative study was conducted with the aims to find out students’ vocabulary mastery before and after the application of Comic Strips at reading. The samples were 21 eight-grade students of junior high school. Vocabulary test was given before and after Comic Strips has been applied for four meetings. The findings showed that there was significant improvement of students’ vocabulary mastery in reading. It was found on the students’ pre-test score with level significance degree (a) = 0.05 resulted in tscore = 13.23 ttable t(20,0.05) = 2.086. Since tcount was higher than ttable (tcount ttable), thus Ho was refused or Ha was accepted. It indicates that students’ vocabulary has been increased or improved after the application of teaching reading by using Comic Strips. Based on the findings, the teachers should consider using this technique as an alternative one in reading classroom and activities. The writer also recommends that the other researchers should conduct an analysis study concerning on the students’ point of view regarding to the use of Comic Strips.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

READ

Publisher

Subject

Humanities Education Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media

Description

READ (Research in English and Education) Journal (e-ISSN 2528-746X) is a peer-reviewed and open access academic journal published by the Department of English Education, Faculty of Teacher Training and Education, Universitas Syiah Kuala, Banda Aceh, Indonesia. It highlights and publishes works in ...