Britania Journal of English Teaching
Vol 1, No 1 (2017): June 2017

Comic Strips For Teaching Descriptive Reading

Pradana, Agrissto Bintang Aji (Unknown)



Article Info

Publish Date
08 Dec 2018

Abstract

This study examined the effect of using comic strips on comprehension of descriptive text. It employed a quasi-experimental design. A sample of seventh grade students of State Junior High School 3 of Pagedongan were randomly selected and divided into two groups: an experimental group (23 students) and a control group (23 students) in the academic year 2013/2014. Comic strips were used in the experimental group whereas the students in the control group were taught without the use of comic strips. The pre-test and post-test scores were statistically analyzed using Mann-Whitney. Asymp. Sig. (2-tailed) stated 0.001. It was less than sig. 0.05. The result showed that comic strips gave effect to the students’ comprehension on descriptive text.

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