THE EFFECTIVENESS OF TEXTLESS COMIC TOWARD THE XI GRADE STUDENTS’ ACHIEVEMENT IN WRITING ENGLISH NARRATIVE TEXT OF SMA NEGERI 9 PALU

The objective of this research is to find out the effectiveness of textless comic
toward XI Grade students’ achievement in writing English narrative text at SMA
Negeri 9 Palu. The researcher used quasi-experimental research design. The
samples of this research were the students of XI MIA 2 as the experimental group
and XI MIA 1 as the control group selected by using purposive sampling
technique. The data were analyzed statistically in order to find out the significant
difference of the students’ achievement before and after the treatments. The mean
score of pretest of experimental group was 40.74, while the control group was
37.2. The mean score of posttest of experimental group was 84.0, and the control
group was 64.4. Based on the result of pretest and posttest, the researcher found
that t-counted value was 2.06. By applying degree of freedom (df) 39 (21+20-2)
and 0.05 level of significance, it was found that t-table value was 2.02. The result
showed that t-counted value (2.06) is higher than t-table value (1.69). It means
that the hypothesis was accepted. In other words, using textless comic is effective
to improve students achievement in writing English narrative text of SMA Negeri
9 Palu.