@misc{eprints23676,
           month = {Agustus},
           title = {TEACHING READING COMPREHENSION NARRATIVE
TEXT THROUGH COMIC BOOK AT SECOND GRADE OF
SMPN 8 BANDAR LAMPUNG},
          author = {1213042001 AHMAD KURNIADI},
         address = {UNIVERSITY OF LAMPUNG },
       publisher = {FACULTY OF TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION },
            year = {2016},
             url = {http://digilib.unila.ac.id/23676/},
        abstract = {ABSTRACT

The objectives of this research are to find out whether there is improvement in
students? reading comprehension of narrative text and which aspects of reading that
improved the most. This research is basically quantitative research which used one
group pretest-posttest design.
The population of this research was the second grade students of SMPN 8 Bandar
Lampung in the academic year 2015/2016. The sample of this research was second
grade which consisted of 20 students. This research was conducted from April 11
to
Mei 17
th
2016.
The result of the research showed that there was improvement in the students?
narrative text reading comprehension after being taught using comic. It could be seen
from the increase from the result of the pretest and posttest, the gain 23.8, from 55.3
to 79.1. The data were analyzed by using t-test value in which the significance was
determined by p{\ensuremath{<}}0.05. The aspect of reading that improved the most was getting
specific information, because during the treatment the students feel that pictures in
comic make them easy to comprehend the text and to get information.
It can be concluded that the implementation of comic book could improve the
students? narrative text reading comprehension and specific information as the aspect
of reading that improved the most. Briefly, referring to the result above, it can be
said that comic as the media can be applied to improve students? comprehension in
reading narrative text.
th}
}