THE USE OF COMIC STRIPS IN TEACHING READING A DESCRIPTIVE TEXTAT THE SEVENTH GRADE STUDENTS OF SMPN 3 PEKANBARU

THE USE OF COMIC STRIPS IN TEACHING READING A DESCRIPTIVE TEXTAT THE SEVENTH GRADE STUDENTS OF SMPN 3 PEKANBARU

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This study is about the use of comic in teaching a descriptive text becausemost of the students at the seventh grade of SMPN 3 Pekanbaru got some problem incomprehending the text.The main objective of this study was to find out whether thestudents taught reading a descriptive text using comic strips Cutlery:Kitchen achieve better than thosewho do not taught reading using comic strips at the seventh grade students of SMPN3 Pekanbaru.The design of the research was experimental study.The researcher gavetry-out test to analyze validity and reliability of each item.Some test was used toanalyze the data that obtained from the pre-and post-test.

They were normality test,Homogeneity test, and t-test.It was showed that the mean of experimental score washigher than the mean of control class (74.51>64.75).The test of hypothesis using ttestformula showed the value of the Asym Sig (2-tailed) 0.

000 Nectar Collector < 0.05.The nullhypothesis was rejected.Then, the criteria value of N-gain pre-test and post testexperimental class was middle.In conclusion, students who taught reading adescriptive text with comic strips achieved better than students who did not taughtwithout comic strips.

Key words: Comic Strips, Reading Comprehension, Descriptive Text.