A Comparative Study on Using Picture Series and Cartoon Movie toward Students’ Writing Achievements in Narrative Text at the Second Grade Students


A Comparative Study on Using Picture Series and Cartoon Movie toward Students’ Writing Achievements in Narrative Text at the Second Grade Students
CHAPTER I
INTRODUCTION
In  this  chapter  presented  the  introduction  of  research.  It  covered background  of  the  research,  research  problems,  objectives  of  the  research, research  hypothesis,  significance  of  the  research,  scope  and  limitation  of  the research, definition of key terms, and organization of the research.
A.  Background of the Research
English  is  an  International  language.  It  is  important  for  us  to  understand and  master  English.  It  is  used  as  the  medium  of  information  flows  on  science, technology,  and  culture  as  well.  In  Indonesia,  English  is  taught  in  junior  high school and senior high school, even in Elementary School. Studying English is not a  new  thing  for  the  students  of  junior  high  school  before.  But,  in  fact  they  still have  many  difficulties  in  studying  English.  As  we  know  that  English  is  not  the Indonesian  native  language.  It  is  difficult  for  the  students  to  remember  all  the words in English and to understand when someone is speaking English.
The  language  skill  to  be  achieved  is  divided  into  two  parts  of  language function,  namely  oral  and  written  English  as  a  mean  of  communication.  In  this case,  listening  and  speaking  are  oral  language;  reading  and  writing  are  written language.  However  for  the  students,  the  written  one  is  the  most  difficult  skill  of language. It is caused that Indonesia people prefer speaking to ????????.


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