Animation short film on students' narrative text writing ability (a mixed method)

Abstract

Teaching the English narrative genre text writing had become more challenging than ever because the students did not learn enough on English writing so the teacher needs to be creative and innovative in teaching learning. This paper investigates the effect of animation short film on the writing ability of students in narrative genre text. The objectives of the study were to identify the effect and the perceptions of the students on the use of animation short film in narrative text writing ability. The researchers employed a convergent parallel mixed method design and the data collected by using writing assessment test and questionnaire. Furthermore, the participants were 36 students who come from one of the senior high school in Ciamis regency, West Java province. The collected data were analyzed by quantitative and qualitative research design. The results of the study show that there is a significant effect on students' narrative text writing ability after having learning treatment by using animation short film, and there are positive perceptions on the usage of animation short film in narrative text writing. Thus, the conclusions are the animation short film can improve students' ability in writing narrative text. This study recommends students to improve their narrative text writing ability and then publish their work in the journal.