THE EFFECT OF ENGLISH COMICS ON THE STUDENTS’ VOCABULARY ACHIEVEMENT AT SECOND YEAR STUDENTS OF SMP NEGERI 10 KENDARI

Abstract

This study is conducted to investigate whether there was a significant effect of English comics on students‟ vocabulary achievement. The research question of this study was “is there any significant effect of English comics on students‟ vocabulary achievement at SMPN 10 Kendari?” The design of this study was quasi experimental design that consists of experimental class and control class. The sample of this study are students at class VIII 3 and VIII 4 in SMP Negeri 10 Kendari who register in academic year 2016/2017 with the total number of sample are 56 students, 27 for control class and 29 for experimental class. The instrument of this study is a vocabulary test. The researcher collects the data by giving pre test in two classes to know students ability, giving treatment which the researcher conducted teaching and learning process by using English comics in experimental class and using no media (conventional teaching method) in control class, giving post test to know students‟ vocabulary achievement after being taught by using comics compared with the result in class that taught by conventional teaching media. The researcher used an Independent sample T-test in SPSS verse 20 to analyze the result of the research. An independent sample t-test was conducted to compare the gain scores in experimental and control class. There was a significant difference in the scores for experimental class (M= 2.02, SD= 2.03) and control class (M= 0.94, SD= 1.32) conditions; p= 0.02 Sig. <α or H0 is rejected and H1 is accepted. Thus, it can be said that using English comics has increased the students‟ vocabulary achievement. The effect of English comics can increase students‟ vocabulary achievement at second year students‟ of SMPN 10 Kendari. Keywords : English comics, Vocabulary Achievement, Media in Learning