Using a Hand Puppet to Increase Storytelling Skill

Zuriyati, M. Nur Hakim, Saifur Rohman

2019

Abstract

This research is aimed at enhancing students’ storytelling skill through a medium of hand a puppet. Media play important roles in increasing students’ skills in storytelling. One of such media that grabs students’ attention in teaching storytelling in elementary school is hand puppet. A hand puppet is a medium of teaching aid in developing contents of folklores. Even some researchers have conducted lots of study related to a hand puppet in order to increase students’ creativity in their learning. The method used is action research comprising four stages, i.e. planning, action, observation, and reflection. Data gathering is done through observation, interview, and tests. Data obtained from observation and interview is analyzed qualitatively, while data taken from results of a test are analyzed through both descriptive and quantitative methods. The findings indicate that there is improvement in students’ skills of storytelling based on their ability to comprehend the contents of stories, understanding meaning of stories, intonation, expressions, and the use of media. The improvement can also be seen from their motivation and self-conidence. The results of learning or the average score in each cycle are 55.5 for cycle 1, 63.4 for cycle 2, and 71.4 for cycle 3. Therefore, it can be implied that this research has encouraged students to increase their interest and skills in storytelling, especially stories derived from folklores or local traditional stories. It is hoped that It can also build the students’ character value which can be implemented in a real life.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Hakim M., Zuriyati. and Rohman S. (2019). Using a Hand Puppet to Increase Storytelling Skill.In Proceedings of the International Conference on Education, Language and Society - Volume 1: ICELS, ISBN 978-989-758-405-3, pages 283-288. DOI: 10.5220/0008997802830288

in Bibtex Style

@conference{icels19,
author={M. Nur Hakim and Zuriyati and Saifur Rohman},
title={Using a Hand Puppet to Increase Storytelling Skill},
booktitle={Proceedings of the International Conference on Education, Language and Society - Volume 1: ICELS,},
year={2019},
pages={283-288},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0008997802830288},
isbn={978-989-758-405-3},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the International Conference on Education, Language and Society - Volume 1: ICELS,
TI - Using a Hand Puppet to Increase Storytelling Skill
SN - 978-989-758-405-3
AU - Hakim M.
AU - Zuriyati.
AU - Rohman S.
PY - 2019
SP - 283
EP - 288
DO - 10.5220/0008997802830288