TEACHING READING BY USING COMIC STRIPS TO IMPROVE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS’ COMPREHENSION

Yondrizal Maulana; Fitrawati Fitrawati

doi:10.24036/jelt.v6i1.8535

TEACHING READING BY USING COMIC STRIPS TO IMPROVE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS’ COMPREHENSION

Yondrizal Maulana⁽¹⁾, Fitrawati Fitrawati⁽²⁾,
(1) English Department Faculty of Languages and Arts State University of Padang

Indonesia
(2) English Department Faculty of Languages and Arts State University of Padang

Indonesia

Corresponding Author
Copyright (c) 2017 Journal of English Language Teaching

DOI : https://doi.org/10.24036/jelt.v6i1.8535

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Abstract

Reading comprehension is the ability to get information in a text and be able to interpret it appropriately. Reading comprehension is combination information from a text and own background knowledge to understanding the message conveyed by the author. However, not all of the Junior High School students learn reading comprehension easily which is caused by the learning activity which is not really interesting so that the students get bored.A blend of methods and media which the writer trying to describe in this paper, is expected to improve students' skills in reading comprehension. The media used is comic strips and theapplying method is PQRST. It is kinds of activity where students are ask to read a comic and trying to understand quickly what the story is contained in the comic.

Keywords

Reading comprehension, Comic, PQRST (Preview, Question, Read, State and Test) technique

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