IMPROVING THE STUDENTS’ WRITING SKILL THROUGH PICTURE SERIES AT THE ELEVENTH GRADE OF SMA N 5 PURWOREJO IN THE ACADEMIC YEAR OF 2022/2023

Abstract

This research aims to describe the implementation of teaching writing using picture series and to find out the improvement of students’ writing in narrative text at the eleventh grade of SMA N 5 Purworejo in the academic year of 2022/2023.This study was collaborative classroom action research. It was conducted in two cycles, which was held for three meetings in the first cycle and two meetings in the second cycle. The steps involved reconnaissance, planning, action and observation, and reflection. The subjects of this research were 36 students of class XI IBB of SMA N 5 Purworejo. The data were in the form of qualitative data and also supported by quantitative data. The qualitative data were collected through observing the teaching and learning process. Meanwhile, the quantitative data were gained through pre-cycle test, test of cycle 1, and test of cycle 2. The result of the research shows that the use of picture series in teaching and learning process effectively improved the students’ writing skill. Based on the qualitative data, the students could develop their ideas to produce narrative text with better vocabulary, sentence structure, punctuation, and capitalization. The researcher also found that the students’ writing skill were improved. There was an improvement the pre-cycle test mean score was 42.28, the test of cycle 1 mean score was 69.67. At last, after cycle 2 the students’ mean score in the test of cycle 2 was 82.03. It can be concluded that the use of picture series could improve the students’ writing skill of narrative text.