DEVELOPING KAMISHIBAI MEDIA IN TEACHING WRITING DESCRIPTIVE TEXT FOR TENTH GRADE STUDENTS AT SMA YPI AMIR HAMZAH MEDAN

Abstract

The objective of this study were to develop Kamishibai media in writing
descriptive text for the tenth grade students at SMA YPI Amir Hamzah Medan.
The subjects of this research were the tenth grade English teacher, and one class
of the tenth grade students in SMA YPI Amir Hamzah Medan. This study was
conducted by using educational Research and Development (R & D) method. The
data were collected through observation, interview, and questionnaire. Based on
the need analysis from questionnaire and interview, it was known that the students
needed a learning media that can make their teaching-learning process easier for
them to understand about the descriptive text and also make the students’
experience in learning the descriptive text become interactive, especially in the
process of writing. As result, the researcher developed Kamishibai for teaching
writing of descriptive text for the tenth grade students at SMA YPI Amir Hamzah
Medan. The score of validation from the validators was 91,4% and it was
categorized as relevant. It means that the media are valid and appropriate to use as
learning media of writing descriptive text for the tenth grade students at SMA YPI
Amir Hamzah Medan.