USING ANIMATED FILM AS TEACHING MEDIA TO IMPROVE THE STUDENTS’ NARRATIVE TEXT WRITING SKILL OF THE TENTH GRADERS OF SMA EL SHADAI MAGELANG IN THE SCHOOL YEAR 2016/2017

Abstract

Writing is important for the high school students. The students do not reach the standard score of writing. There are several factors which may cause it less than minimum standard. The most prominent problems identified are the students have low motivation in learning English and the teacher uses monotonous technique in teaching writing. Therefore, the writer conducted a research to overcome the problem by using Animated Film as a teaching media. There are two objectives of the study. The first is to describe the use of animated film as a teaching media increases the students‟ learning motivation of the narrative text writing skill of the tenth graders of SMA El Shadai Magelang in the school year 2016/2017. The second is to explain the improvement of the narrative text writing skill of the tenth graders of SMA El Shadai Magelang in the school year 2016/2017 taught by using animated film as a teaching media is. The writer conducted classroom action research which was divided into Pre-Cycle, Cycle I and Cycle II. To collect the data, the writer used non-test (observation, questionnaire, and documentation) and test technique. The data were analyzed using quantitative and qualitative data analyses technique. The writer took XC class of SMA El Shadai Magelang as the subject of the research because it has low average score of the writing test. Based on the data analysis, it shows that there are some changes in the students’ learning motivation after the writer taught using Animated Film as a teaching media.