THE USE OF SHORT ANIMATION MOVIES TO IMPROVE STUDENTS’ WRITING ACHIEVEMENT OF NARRATIVE TEXT AT THE ELEVENTH GRADE STUDENTS OF SMA NEGERI 1 PUJER BONDOWOSO

Abstract

This research was quasi-experimental research. The purpose of this research was to know whether or not there is a significant effect of using individual pictures with descriptive text on the seventh grade students’ vocabulary achievement at SMPN 1 Jelbuk-Jember in the 2012/2013 academic year. The area of this research was SMPN 1Jelbuk-Jember. It was chosen purposively because the use of individual pictures as media of teaching English had never been applied in teaching learning process in this school. The respondents of this research were the seventh grade students of SMPN 1 Jelbuk-Jember in the 2012/2013 academic year. Homogeneity test in the form of vocabulary achievement test was applied to know the homogeneity of the population. Based on the calculation by using ANOVA formula the students’ capability of the seventh grade classes of SMPN 1 Jelbuk-Jember was homogenous, therefore VIIC and VII-D were chosen as the research respondents. Therefore, lottery was done to determine the research samples and divided them into the experimental and the control groups. Before giving posttest, try out was conducted to know which the test items were suitable for the students’ level of comprehension. In addition, it was also to know whether the test needed to be revised or not. The posttest was given to both groups after each group received teaching learning process twice. The result of t -test analysis on the students’ vocabulary achievement test scores that the statistical value of the t-test was higher than the value of t-table with significant level 5%