EFEKTIVITAS MEDIA KOMIK STRIP DALAM MENINGKATKAN KEMAMPUAN MENULIS KARANGAN NARATIF BAHASA JERMAN SISWA KELAS XI IBB DI SMA NEGERI 2 SIDOARJO

Abstract

In learning German, writing skills are one of the most important language skills that need to be
maximized. Based on observations that have been made, most of the students of class XI IBB in SMA
Negeri 2 Sidoarjo have difficulty writing German, especially writing narrative essays. For this reason,
comic strip can be used as an alternative to overcome these problems. The purpose of this research was
to determine whether the comic strip media effectively contribute to improving the ability to write a
narrative essay by students of class XI IBB SMA Negeri 2 Sidoarjo. The method used in this research is
a quasi-experimental method with one group pretest-postest design. The subject of this research are 34
students of class XI IBB at SMA Negeri 2 Sidoarjo for the academic year 2022/2023. The instruments
used in this research are lesson plan, written test and questionnaire in Likert scale. Based on the results
of the data analysis, it can be seen that comic strip is effectively used to improve the ability to write
narrative essays by students of class XI IBB SMA Negeri 2 Sidoarjo, characterized by the acquisition
of an average N-gain score of 38.04% or medium efficiency, and reinforced by the results of the T-test,
which shows the value of tcount> ttable (9,690> 1,692) at a significance level of 5%, which means that the
null hypothesis (H0) is rejected and H1 is accepted. While the results of the questionnaire gave a
percentage of 77.9% or very good criteria. Both from the aspects of motivation and effectiveness,
students respond positively to learning to write narrative essays using comic strip. Based on the
research results, it can be concluded that the learning media comic strip can be used as an effective
alternative medium to improve the ability of students to write narrative essays in SMA.