IMPROVING STUDENTS’ WRITING ABILITY BY USING PICTURE SERIE AS MEDIA

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This research was done to answer the research problem; how picture series as media is used to improve the students’ writing ability. The research was designed in classroom action research which conducted in two cycles by following the procedure of action research consisting of four steps; planning, implementing, observing and reflecting. Each cycle was carried out in three meeting. The subject of the research was the third semester students in unit A of English Department of Almuslim University. The research instruments used in this research were test, observation checklist and questionnaire. The obtained data were presented and analyzed in qualitative and quantitative data. The result of this research showed that picture could improve the students’ ability in learning writing. It could be proved by some research finding found by the researcher. The first result found from the test given to the students. The students’ average score of the test in cycle 1 was 59.64 and it increased to 74.94 in cycle 2. The second result was obtained from the observation of the researcher’s performance and students’ activities. The percentage of the researcher’s performance in the first cycle was 75.3% or in level good. While, in the second cycle it increased to 88.3% or in level very good. Next, the percentages of the students’ activities was 57.3% or in level enough in the first cycle and it increased to be 79.3% or in level good in the second cycle. The other finding got from the result of questionnaire. It showed that the students gave positive responses toward the using picture series as media in learning writing. It could be seen by the result of the questionnaire was 4.62 or in category strongly agree. It means that the students’ response was very good.

 

Key Words: writing, picture series