THE EFFECT OF PICTURE SERIES AS MEDIA FOR STUDENTS SKILL IN WRITING NARRATIVE TEXT AT GRADE X SMA N 1 SEI BALAI IN 2022/2023 ACADEMIC YEAR

Abstract

The goal of this study was to gather data that would show the X grade students at SMA N 1 Sei Balai were successful in their ability to write narrative texts using picture series. Research conducted in this study was quantitative. All of the class X students at SMA N 1 Sei Balai consisted the data analysis sample. For this study, samples were collected from 30 students in the experimental group (class X-1) and 30 students in the control group (class X-5). A test was the instrument used for collecting the data. The study focuses on finding.  (1) Students' success in writing narrative texts using picture series had a mean of 86 and a standard deviation of 67 after the data had been evaluated, (2) The mean score for the students' achievement in writing narrative text using the conventional methods was 67, and the standard deviation was 55,6. The values of t-observed and t-table were 7,75 and 2,009 significantly. Although the value of the t-observed data was larger than the t-table data, using picture series had a significant impact on students' ability to write narrative texts.