Improving Narrative Writing Ability Through Picture Sequences for Ninth Grade Students’ of SMPN 226 South Jakarta in 2011/2012 Academic Year

faizal ridwan zamzany., s.e., m.m. ; edi setiawan, s.e., m.m.; dr. burhayani, m.pd.; drs. sigit sumarsono, m.pd.;

Rina Sofiawati, Improving Narrative Writing Ability Through Picture Sequences for Ninth Grade Students’ of SMPN 226 South Jakarta in 2011/2012 Academic Year. A paper, English Departement, Faculty of the School of Teacher Training and Education, Muhammadiyah University of Prof.Dr.HAMKA, Jakarta 2012.
The research is aimed to find out an empirical evidence whether or not picture sequence is improving students’ ability in narrative writing to the Ninth Grade students of SMPN 226 south Jakarta in the first semester of the 2011/2012 academic year. The writer just took 36 students as the sample.
This research implemented a pre-experiment method, employing only one class as her experimental group which was treated with the use picture sequence. The writer used R-O-T-O design in this research where she did the pre-test in the first meeting to get the data of the students’ narrative writing ability. Then, the writer gave the students treatments to the students. The last, the writer did the post-test to measure the students’ achievement in narrative writing. The research eas held on October 2011for six meetings at the first semester of 2011-12012 Academic year.
After the analyses of data have done in this research, the writer found out that by using picture sequence the students can improve their narrative writing ability. It can be seen in the data where the table of t-table in 0.95 significance level and with df= n-1 = 36-1 = 35, so that the writer uses t-table 1.68 (see chapter IV). While the data analysis t-observed 6.65, it is the higher than t-table. It gives evidence to reject the H-null hypothesis. It can be concluded that the picture sequence is effective in improving students’ ability in narrative writing for ninth grade Junior High School students’ of SMPN 226 South Jakarta.