Abstract
This research was aimed to know how comic strip can improve students’ motivation and reading comprehension at MA. Raudlatusshibyan NW Belencong in academic year 2017/2018. The research design was classroom action research. It consists of one cycle, and the cycle consists of planning, action, observation, and reflection. The data were collected by using reading tests and questionnaire. The result study shown that comic strip improved students’ motivation and reading comprehension. The percentage of students that got very high motivation after using Comic Strip in learning reading is 55% and 45% got high motivation. The result of the mean in post-test at cycle 1 is 77,9 while the students’ highest score was 88 and the lowest score was 52. The result of the test shown the abilities of the students were improved. There were 17 students or 85% out of the 20 students who reached the score of KKM while the rest of them there were 3 students or 15% failed. It is indicated the improvement of student’s reading comprehension and their motivation of English learning process.
Highlights
Language is an important thing in our life because if someone can not to mastering the language it is a serious case because someone can not to make some of conversation each other
Reading is one of an important skill in language and the function of reading is to know or to understand about something that someone writing in the book
Classroom Action Research (CAR) is a research that examines some ideas in practice to change something in order to get the real research
Summary
Language is an important thing in our life because if someone can not to mastering the language it is a serious case because someone can not to make some of conversation each other. There are 4 important skills in language such as: listening, speaking, reading and writing. Reading is one of an important skill in language and the function of reading is to know or to understand about something that someone writing in the book. According to Snow (2002: 11) Reading comprehension as the process of simultaneously extracting and constructing meaning through interaction and involvement with written language. It means reading absolutely something that good for someone that want to look for the knowledge and it is extraordinary achievement if they can understand the language that written use in the book and know about the meaning about something that they read.
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