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IMPROVING STUDENTS’ SPEAKING ACHIEVEMENT BY USING

STORYTELLING TAKEN FROM WEBTOON IN SMAN 7 MALANG

THESIS

This thesis is submitted to meet one of the requirements to achieve

Sarjana Degree in English Language Education

By:

MUHAMMAD RIFQI WAHIDHY

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ENGLISH LANGUAGE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT

FACULTY OF TEACHING TRAINING AND EDUCATION

UNIVERSITY OF MUHAMMADIYAH MALANG

2019

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MOTTO AND DEDICATION

“It always seems impossible until its done”

“Difficult roads often lead to beautiful destinations”

(Anonymous)

This thesis is dedicated to:

Allah SWT

My beloved Father and Mother

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

COVER ..................................................................................................................... i

APPROVAL ............................................................................................................ ii

LEGALISATION ..................................................................................................... iii

STATEMENT OF WORK’S ORIGINALITY ...................................................... iv

MOTTO AND DEDICATION ............................................................................... v

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ...................................................................................... vi

ABSTRACT ............................................................................................................. viii

TABLE OF CONTENTS ......................................................................................... ix

CHAPTER I: INTRODUCTION ........................................................................... 1

1.1 Research Background..................................................................................... 1

1.2 Research Problem........................................................................................... 4

1.3 Hypothesis ...................................................................................................... 4

1.4 Research Objective......................................................................................... 4

1.5 Research Significance .................................................................................... 4

1.6 Scope and Limitation ..................................................................................... 5

1.7 Definition of the Key Terms .......................................................................... 5

CHAPTER II: REVIEW OF RELATED LITERARTURE ............................... 6

2.1 Speaking ........................................................................................................ 6

2.2 Teaching Speaking ......................................................................................... 7

2.3 Teaching Media .............................................................................................. 8

2.4 Webtoon as Media ......................................................................................... 10

2.5 Review of Previous Studies ........................................................................... 11

CHAPTER III: RESEARCH METHOD ............................................................... 13

3.1 Research Design ............................................................................................ 13

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3.2 Population and Sample ................................................................................... 14

3.3 Data Collection............................................................................................... 14

3.4 Data Analysis ................................................................................................ 15

CHAPTER IV: FINDINGS AND DISCUSSION ................................................. 18

1.1 Findings ......................................................................................................... 18

1.2 Discussions………………………………………………………………….20

CHAPTER V: CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTIONS ....................................... 23

5.1 Conclusion ................................................................................................... 23

5.2 Suggestions .................................................................................................. 23

REFERENCES ........................................................................................................ 25

APPENDIXES ......................................................................................................... 27

LIST OF TABLES

Table 1 : Pre-test of Control and Experimental Class ................................................ 19

Table 2 : Post-test of Control Experimental Class ..................................................... 20

LIST OF APPENDIXES

Appendix 1 : Example of Story from Webtoon ......................................................... 27

Appendix 2 : Rating Scale of Speaking Test ............................................................. 28

Appendix 3 : The Result of the Pre-Test .................................................................... 31

Appendix 4 : The Result of the Post-Test .................................................................. 32

Appendix 5 : Documentations .................................................................................... 33

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