Rizki Candra, 2201406509 (2011) THE EFFECTIVENESS OF USING ANIMATION MOVIES AS A MEDIUM TO IMPROVE THE STUDENTS’ WRITING SKILL OF NARRATIVE TEXT. Under Graduates thesis, unnes.

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Candra, Rizki. 2011. The Effectiveness of Using Animation Movies as a Medium to Improve the Students’ Writing Skill of Narrative Text (A Case of the Tenth Grade Students of SMA Negeri 1 Wanadadi in the Academic Year of 2010/2011). Final Project. English Department. Languages and Arts Faculty. Semarang State University. First Advisor: Rini Wulandari SS., M.Hum and Second Advisor: Drs. Januarius Mujianto, M.Hum. Keywords: animation movies, writing narrative text, experimental research, tenth grade students. This final project is an experimental study that answers the two research questions: (1) how the animation movies could be applied to improve the students’ ability in writing narrative text for the tenth grade students, (2) how effective the use of animation movies gives contribution to improve the students’ ability in writing narrative text for the tenth grade students The answers were proven through a research. In the research, the subject of the study was the tenth grade students of SMA Negeri 1 Wanadadi in the academic year of 2010/2011. There are two groups used in this research: the experimental group and the control group. The two groups received different treatments. The experimental group was taught writing narrative text by using animation movies, while the control group was taught by using conventional method. The data were collected through a writing test. To obtain the data, the writer carried out three steps: pre-test, activities in experimentation, and post test. In the pre-test, the result of the two groups was nearly the same. The mean score of the experimental group was 47.74 and the mean score of the control group was 46.79. The very slight difference between the two groups indicated that the two groups were homogeneous. After receiving the different treatment, the two groups got the different results. The posttest mean score of the experimental group was 62.65 while the mean score of the control group was only 53.15. The significant difference between two groups showed that the use of animation movies in teaching narrative text was effective. The conclusion taken from the research is that animation movies gives contribution in teaching writing narrative text to the tenth grade students of Senior High School

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