Using Picture Series In Teaching Writing Narrative Text To VII Grade Students Of Mts Al - Khairaat At Dolo

ABSTRACT
Moh. Fadhil Rizkiawan (A 121 17 197), "Using Picture Series in Teaching
Writing Narrative Text To VIII Grade Students Of Mts Al – Khairaat At Dolo",
A Skripsi, English Education Study Program, Language and Art Education
Department, Teacher Training and Education Faculty, Tadulako University, under
supervision of Abdul Kamaruddin and Maf’ullah.

The objective of this research is to find out whether Using Picture Series in teaching
Narrative Text can improve writing skills of the eighth-grade students of Mts Al -
Khairaat or not. This research applied a quasi-experimental design, which used two
groups, were experimental group and control group. The research population was the
eighth-grade students of Mts Al - Khairaat Dolo which consisted of 128 students. The
samples were selected by cluster random sampling technique, and it was 20 students
of class VIII A and 20 students of class VIII B. The instrument used for collecting
data was a test. The test includes pre-test and post-test, with the mean score 35.18 for
experimental class, and 39.35 for control class on pre-test. While on post-test, 51.38
for experimental class, and 45.37 for control class. The data results from the test were
analyzed statistically by applying t-test formula. The results of the analysis showed
that the value of t-counted (4.78) lies higher than t-table (2.02). It means that the
research hypothesis was accepted. In other words, Using Picture Series in teaching
Narrative text can improve writing skills of eighth-grade eighth-grade students at Mts
Al - Khairaat Dolo.

Key Words; Writing; Picture Series; Narrative Text