The Effect of Using Book Creator as a Digital Storytelling Media on Students’ Narrative Writing Skills About Local Culture

Abstract

This research was conducted at SMAN 1 Kutorejo in Class XI-4 as the experimental class with 36 students and Class XI-5 as the control class with 36 students. Based on preliminary observations, students experienced difficulties in writing English Narrative texts. Therefore, the researcher used Book Creator as a digital storytelling media to address these problems in narrative writing, especially on local culture themes. This study aims to determine the effectiveness and the effect of using Book Creator on student’s ability to write narrative texts about local culture. The method used in this research was quantitative with a quasi-experimental design using a nonequivalent control group. The experimental class was taught narrative writing using book creator, while the control class was taught using PowerPoint media. Data collection consisted of a pre-test, treatment, and post-test. Writing performance was assessed using five components: Content, Organization, Vocabulary, Language Use, and Mechanics. The scores obtained from these assessments were analyzed using SPSS version 25. The results are shown from t test, where t-count (4,086) > t-table (2007) at a significance level of (0,05/2) = 0,025 and Sig (2-tailed) is 0,000 < 0,05 with a df of 52. Based on the calculation above, it can be concluded that t-count > t-table or Sig. (2-tailed) < 0,05, which means that Hα is accepted. Therefore, the application of Book Creator as a Digital Storytelling media is effective and has a positive effect on improving students’ ability to write narrative texts using local culture themes.