The Influence of Watching English Movie on Students’ Narrative Writing

This research is on the use of English movie in teaching narrative writing. The aim was to identify whether English movie influence students' ability in narrative writing of the second year students of SMA Unggul Pidie Jaya. The design of this research was experimental teaching. The population of the study was the whole member of the second year students of SMA Unggul Pidie Jaya. The researcher used purposive sampling to select the sample of the research. The samples were the students of the second year of IPA1. The total of the samples were 18 students. The quantitative data were collected by the entry score, treatment, narrative test, and from questionnaire. The material used in the test was the narrative text. After getting the data, the result of the tests were analized by using statistical procedures. It was found that the meant of the entry score was 70 and the narrative test was 83. It means that the mean score of the narrative test was higher than the entry score. Also, the students were given the questionnaire to know the students' perceptions toward the use of English movies in their narrative writing ability. Based on the data, the students stated that English movie that helped them in writing narrative. As a result, English movies as a teaching media can be applied to improve students' narrative writing skills.