STUDENTS’ ENGAGEMENT IN READING CLASS WITH DIGITAL COMIC STRIPS

Abstract

This paper investigated students’ engagement to digital comic strips in reading class. Students’ engagement is a term to define someone’s interest and enthusiasm for school. This research aimed to investigate the students’ engagement in teaching English at SD 2 Sukanagara Lakbok Ciamis. This study used case design and the respondents were eighteen students from sixth-grade and one of English teacher who reading by using digital comic strips. The data were obtained from three instruments, including classroom observation, the student’s interview, and the student’s questionnaire. The findings revealed that many students were enthusiastic in participating in learning activities and enjoyed seeing interesting images in narrative text. The finding showed that that the students had a positive response in learning to read the narrative text by means of digital comic strips. The suggestion was addressed to English teachers and also students who learn English to always use digital comic strips in the learning process so that the interaction in the teaching and learning process runs well.