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Vol 4 (2021): June
Education

The Influence of Digital Comics in Teaching Grammar for EFL Students during the COVID-19 Pandemic
Pengaruh Komik Digital dalam Pengajaran Grammar untuk Siswa EFL selama Pandemi COVID-19


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  • Rifki Arya Sandika,
  • Dian Novita*
Rifki Arya Sandika
Universitas Muhammadiyah Sidoarjo, Indonesia
Dian Novita
Universitas Muhammadiyah Sidoarjo, Indonesia *

(*) Corresponding Author
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.21070/acopen.4.2021.2853
Published June 30, 2021
Keywords
  • Digital comics,
  • Grammar,
  • EFL,
  • Teaching Media
How to Cite
Sandika, R. A., & Novita, D. (2021). The Influence of Digital Comics in Teaching Grammar for EFL Students during the COVID-19 Pandemic . Academia Open, 4, 10.21070/acopen.4.2021.2853. https://doi.org/10.21070/acopen.4.2021.2853

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Abstract

This research aims to identify the influence of digital comic media on EFL students' grammatical knowledge during the COVID-19 pandemic. The approach used in this research is quantitative which data collection techniques used pre-test, treatment, and post-test. This research used 21 students of class VIII-C as research subjects at MTs Maarif NU Ngaban academic year 2021-2022. The results of this study showed mean score on student learning outcomes increased by 61,4%. Moreover, the results of hypothesis testing show the value of Sig. (2-tailed) was 0,000 < 0,005, so H0 is rejected. This means that the results of the research show that there is a significant impact on the use of digital comics as a medium for teaching grammar at MTs Maarif NU Ngaban academic year 2021-2022.

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