The Use of Comic Strips as Media to Improve Students’ Reading Comprehension of Narrative Texts at SMA Bahrul Ulum Bontang

Abstract

The objective of the study were to identify the influence of using comic strip as media to improve the reading comprehension of narrative texts. The subject of this research was the eleventh grade of SMA Bahrul Ulum Bontang which consists of 22 students in each class. This research was conducted using a quasi-experimental study. This research used two classes which are divided into experimental and control classes. The result of the study showed that the t value 5.840 was higher than t table 2.042 which the use of comic strips significantly improves students’ reading comprehension of narrative texts at SMA Bahrul Ulum Bontang