THE IMPLEMENTATION OF PROCESS GENRE BASED APPROACH (PGBA) USING CARTOON MOVIE (CARMOV) TO IMPROVE STUDENTS’ SKILL IN WRITING NARRATIVE TEXT

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to describe the implementation of Process Genre Based Approach (PGBA) using cartoon movie to improve students’ skill in writing a narrative text. The main activities of the teaching and learning process were (1) building knowledge of the field related to the narrative texts and their features (including grammar theory of Past Tense, Direct & Indirect Speech), (2) modelling of the narrative text, (3) joint construction of the text (collaborative writing with group and pairs), and (4) independent writing as the writing test. This study involved 8 students of English Department of STKIP Al Hikmah Surabaya who attended Literal Writing course. Two indicators of success were set previously, namely process (students’ participation and involvement) and product (students’ achievement in narrative writing). The conclusion of this study indicates that the implementation of PGBA assisted with cartoon movie has successfully improved students’ skill in writing a narrative text.