The Influence of Digital Comic Media on Elementary School Students Reading Skills
Nafia Wafiqni (a*), Mega Fitriyanti Setya (a), Arita Marini (b), Fahrurrozi (b), Gusti Yarmi (b)

a) UIN Syarif Hidayatullah Jakarta, Indonesia
b) Universitas Negeri Jakarta, Indonesia

Abstract

This study aims to determine the effect of digital comic media on elementary school students^ reading skills. This research was conducted at one of Elementary School, East Jakarta, in the odd semester of the 2022/2023 academic year. The method used in this research is pre-experimental with a one-group pretest-posttest research design. This study took a sample of 32 students, the research sample used only one class, namely experimental class III A. The instrument used in this study was a cognitive test which was presented in the form of multiple choices. The data analysis technique used in this study is the n-gain test using a predetermined formula, the normality test using Shapiro Wilk, the homogeneity test using ANOVA (Analysis of Variance), and the T-test or hypothesis test using the Paired Sample Sig value. 2- tailed) denotes a value of 0.000. This shows that Sig.(2-tailed) < 0.05, namely 0.000 < 0.05, then H1 is accepted and H0 is rejected, because Sig.(2-tailed) is below 0.05. So it can be concluded that there is an effect of the use of comic media on the reading skills of class III A students at Elementary School.

Keywords: Digital Comic- Reading Skills- Intensive Reading

Topic: Language Education