TEACHING VOCABULARY BY USING ENGLISH COMIC TO IMPROVE VOCABULARY MASTERY

Abstract

Abstract

The purposes of this research are; (1) The use of English comic effective to improve the vocabulary and (2) How effective the use of English comic to improve vocabulary. The Researcher conducted a Pre – Experimetal study using written test as tool of collecting data. The sample of this study 35 students on the seventh grades of SMP Negeri 6 Pontianak. The finding showed that the mean score of pre – test was 54.71; which is categorized as “poor to avarage“. Meanwhile, the mean score of post – test was 79.28; which is categorized as “average to good”. Based on tha data analysis, it was found that effect size of this research was 1.80 and it was categorized “High Effect“. It can be concluded thatthe teaching vocabulary by using English comic was effective to improve vocabulary mastery.

Keywords:Teaching vocabulary, English comic, Pre – Experimental