Electronic Theses and Dissertation

Abstract name : irawati student no. : 0806102020009 study program : english education title : the use of comic strips in teaching writing narrative text for sma students keywords: comic strips, teaching writing, narrative text. writing is a skill considered as a difficult one due to its complexity containing many aspects of knowledge and activities namely; using the proper and correct grammar, generating idea, editing, etc. many cases were found that students got difficult in achieving the aspects (i.e. writing narrative text). to overcome the problem, it is believed that using visual aid in teaching can facilitate students in writing. comic strips, for instance, is a media that can be used in teaching writing narrative text since they contain pictures and texts in balloons that can ease students to write a story. therefore, the writer conducted a library research towards the issue to find out and explore the related theories and findings regarding the use of comic strips in teaching narrative writing. by means of all theories and finding found during the investigation, it is found that using proper activities with comic strips consisted of images and texts in balloons which tell the story through sequence parts of narrative effectively overcome the students’ problem stated above, raise their motivation, and improve their ability as well. to conclude, through all the features included in comic strips combined with appropriate activities in learning process, the students’ ability in writing narrative text improve steadily.