Students’ Interests in Reading English Toward Comics at SMPN 1 Mare Kabupaten Bone

Abstract

The objective of this study is to determine whether or not the use of comics has an effect on students' interest in reading. This study used descriptive research. The population consisted of the seven grade students of SMPN 1 Mare in the 2019/2020 academic year, with a total of 155 students. The samples for this study were 60 students from the VII grade of SMPN 1 Mare. The instrument of this study was a questionnaire with a total of 15 statements. Each statement is divided into four aspects of interest; they are attitude, habit, motivation, and facility. The attitude aspect consists of 4 questions, the habit aspect also consists of 4 questions, the motivation aspect consists of 3 aspects, and the facility aspect consists of 4 aspects. It is followed by interview guidelines to ensure the objectivity of the result of the questionnaire. The result of this study shows that comics can be a good medium to make students interested in reading English texts. It is because they enjoyed reading text that contained pictures, making it easier to understand the text.