The Effect of Silent Comic “Next Door Country” on Students’ Ability in Writing Dialogue of Procedural Text

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to find out the effectiveness of using Silent Comic “Next Door Country” in writing dialogue of procedural text. The method used in this study was a quasi-experimental research. The study was carried out in two classes of research, namely experimental and control classes. The subject of this study was the Eleventh – Grade students of SMK Pariwisata Imelda Medan in which samples class of this research were XI – Jasa Boga–I as experimental class and Jasa Boga – II as control class. The result of the study showed that the use of Silent Comic “Next Door Country” in writing dialogue of procedural text showed significant effect. It could be seen from the result of calculation that the students’ score in experimental class was higher than the students’ score in control class. The mean score of post-test in experimental class was 90.08. Meanwhile, the mean score of posttest in control class was 56.69. Furthermore, based on the statistical calculation with the significance level of 5%, it showed that to was higher than tt, that was 1.68 < 4.90. Therefore, it proved that there was significant difference between the students’ score by using Silent Comic and the students’ score without using Silent Comic at the eleventh-grade students of SMK Pariwisata Imelda Medan.

The purpose of this study is to find out the effectiveness of using Silent Comic “Next Door Country” in writing dialogue of procedural text. The method used in this study was a quasi-experimental research. The study was carried out in two classes of research, namely experimental and control classes. The subject of this study was the Eleventh – Grade students of SMK Pariwisata Imelda Medan in which samples class of this research were XI – Jasa Boga–I as experimental class and Jasa Boga – II as control class. The result of the study showed that the use of Silent Comic “Next Door Country” in writing dialogue of procedural text showed significant effect. It could be seen from the result of calculation that the students’ score in experimental class was higher than the students’ score in control class. The mean score of post-test in experimental class was 90.08. Meanwhile, the mean score of posttest in control class was 56.69. Furthermore, based on the statistical calculation with the significance level of 5%, it showed that to was higher than tt, that was 1.68 < 4.90. Therefore, it proved that there was significant difference between the students’ score by using Silent Comic and the students’ score without using Silent Comic at the eleventh-grade students of SMK Pariwisata Imelda Medan.