THE USE OF ENGLISH COMICS “AVENGERS” - FOR ENRICHING STUDENT’S VOCABULARY MASTERY - A CASE OF THE EIGHTH GRADE STUDENTS OF SMPN 20 SEMARANG

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Vocabulary mastery is critical in English learning because students rely on word knowledge to express ideas in communication. This study applies a specific treatment to address students’ vocabulary difficulties by teaching vocabulary through English comics titled “Avengers” for the experimental group. The research evaluates the impact using pre-test and post-test scores for both control and experimental groups. Results show improved scores for the experimental group and a t-test outcome (t-test 3.47, t-table 1.67 at 5%), indicating that the comic-based medium is effective for enriching vocabulary mastery.

LanguageEnglish

CategoryExam

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Pages6

Reading Time15 min

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Introduction

Review of Related Theories

The Characteristics of Junior High School Students

Media in Teaching

Roles of Media in a Teaching-Learning Process

General Concept of Comic

The Use of Comic in Teaching

General Concept of Vocabulary

THE USE OF ENGLISH COMICS “AVENGERS” FOR ENRICHING STUDENT’S VOCABULAR MASTERY: A CASE OF THE EIGHTH GRADE STUDENTS OF SMPN 20 SEMARANG By SUSANTI Abstract In teaching learning process, one of the important components of the English language is vocabulary since it is the most important thing in conducting communication. But the students often get problems in expressing their ideas as they are lack of vocabularies. To enrich their vocabularies, a treatment is given to them. The treatment is teaching vocabulary by using English comic Avengers for the experimental group. The problems of this study are: How is the result of using English comics asa medium in teaching English vocabulary?. Is comic effective as a medium in teaching English vocabulary?. From pre-test (44.0625) to post-test (62.5) for control group and pre-test (44.69) to post-test (72.81) for experimental group. It means that the use English comic is effective for enriching vocabulary mastery.The t-test result showed that t-test was 3.47 and the t-table for 5% was 1.67. It means that t-test was higher than t-table (3.47>1.67) . Key Words: Vocabulary, Vocabulary mastery, media, comic Intoduction English is an International language, English education in Indonesia has been taught English from Elementary School up to university. In order to make learning process more interesting, good media are needed. In order to make English learning process especially in teaching vocabulary more interesting, good media are needed. To select the appropriate media, the teacher must consider the characteristic of the students which directly related to the learning process such as verbal ability, visual and audio perception skill. Using English comic as a media for teaching can be very pleasing and more interesting for the student. By using English comics students more be interested and active in learning. They will fell something new and different from what they usually get in their class. In this study, the writer wants to examine “English comic Avenger” as a media in teaching vocabulary. The focus of the study is contributions Engish comic to teach Junior High school students in mastering vocabulary (the case of the eighth grade students of SMPN 20 Semarang) . The writer wants to find out the students’ achievement in learning vocabulary using English comic. The problems discussed in this study are: 1. How is the result of using English Comics as a medium in teaching English vocabulary? 2. To what extent is comic effective asa medium of teaching English vocabulary? Review of Related Theories The Characteristics of Junior High School Students Junior High School students or teenagers are categorized into adolescents learners. The age of this learners are between 12 to 15. In this period, teenagers like to spend their time for hanging around, friends, peers, and often disruptive behavior in class. However, they have a great capacity in learning if the teacher can engage them. Media in Teaching Teaching is a process of communication. It has to be created through the way of teaching and exchanging the message or information by every teacher and student. The message can be knowledge, skills, ideas, experiences, and many others. Through the process of communication, the people can receive the message or information. To avoid misunderstanding in the process of communication, media are needed in the process of teaching. Media play an important role in a teaching and learning process. Media are needed to reach the objectives of teaching-learning process. Roles of Media in a TeachingLearning Process The use of media in a teaching-learning process is very important. Media are the main ways thought which large number of people receive information and entertainment that is television, radio, and the newspaper. General Concept of Comic Comics have a unique and powerful voice in the classroom by upholding the definition of visual literacy. Using comics for

FAQs

Why is vocabulary important in English learning for this study?

Vocabulary is emphasized as the most important component for conducting communication. Students often struggle to express ideas due to limited vocabulary.

How does the study teach vocabulary using English comics?

A treatment is provided by teaching vocabulary through English comic “Avengers” to the experimental group. The control group follows a different condition for comparison.

What evidence shows that the comic medium is effective?

The study compares pre-test and post-test scores and reports a t-test result of 3.47 versus a t-table value of 1.67 at the 5% level, meaning the t-test is higher than the t-table.

Oct 1, 2026

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