Teaching Reading by Using Comics to Improve Students’ Comprehension

Arky, Trianto and Khairul, Khairul and Lailatul, Husna (2015) Teaching Reading by Using Comics to Improve Students’ Comprehension. Diploma thesis, Universitas Bung Hatta.

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Abstract

The learning of reading for students at junior high school and senior high school is not easy because the students face difficulties to understand the meaning of the text being read. The aim of this paper is to describe how to teach reading by using Comics to improve students’ comprehension. Comics are thin books, bound with staples media that can make teaching and learning more interesting because they are divided up the text into manageable chunks, which are supported by images. It makes students interested in reading the story that is why the English teachers at junior and senior high school are suggested to use comics as media while teaching reading in order to make the students comprehend the text easier. The procedures of teaching reading by using comics are preparation, pre-teaching, whilst teaching and post teaching. In preparation, the teacher prepares the material, media and lesson plan. In pre-teaching activity, the teacher leads the students to have a brainstorming about the topic that is going to discuss. In whilst teaching activity, the teacher gives the comic and asks the students to read the comics and discuss the topic in groups. The last, post-teaching activity, the teacher concludes the lesson and gives the task to the students in order to make the students understand about the material has given.

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