STUDENTS’ PERCEPTION ON THE USE OF COMIC STRIPS IN CREATIVE WRITING

Abstract

This study aims to reveal students’ perception on the use of comic strips in creative writing at English Education Department, Universitas Negeri Manado. The study is a quantitative research and the descriptive method is applied. The questionnaire that consists of 14 items is used as an instrument to collect the data. The questionnaire employs Likert scale. Total random sampling is used to determine the sample. The sample is 42-seventh students English Education Department which consist of 27 students from class A and 15 students from class E. The students who have been chosen as the sample has already finished the class creative writing and has used comic strips as media. The collected data are quantitative and have analysed by percentage formula. The finding shows that most of the respondents have positive responses about the use of comic strips in creative writing. Based on the findings, it could be concluded that the media comic strips are considered useful to the students. English lecturers are suggested to receive students’ responses towards the use of comic strips in creative teaching.