THE CORRELATION BETWEEN READING ENGLISH COMIC AND STUDENTS’ WRITING ABILITY AT SMAN 4 MAKASSAR

Abstract

This research data collected through tests shows that after the research was carried out, the students' reading and writing abilities increased, the influence of English Comics on their learning abilities increased compared to before using English Comics. Based on the results of the data analysis, it can be seen that the students’ results in the (reading) pre-test were 51,72. Then after getting treatment, the students' pre-test scores increased to 79,62 in the post-test. Meanwhile, the result of (writing) pre-test were 67,69 and after getting treatment 85,83.It can be concluded that students' reading skills and writing skills are improved on the students’. So it can be concluded that using the English Comic can improve students' learning ability in reading English texts at SMA 4 Makassar.