Will McPhailIn.: A Graphic Novel

Adapting the Graphic Novel to Improve Speaking Fluency for EFL Learners

“…The data was conducted from July until December 2021 and addressed to 118 students of first-year English literature students at Halu Oleo University, Kendari who took Basic Speaking as one of their subjects. After the course, teachers prompted the students to fill in an online form as a part of a reflection on the learning feedback in multiple choice and scale consisting of what level of interest EFL learners had toward the course and the teacher's method of teaching, the level of satisfaction towards the content of the graphic novel, and their enthusiasm adapting the graphic novel as one of the tools to enhance their speaking ability [6]. In addition, either online classroom survey (class polling) or partly brief interview were also taken in order to complete the data analysis.…”

“…Literature is culture. The novels are often based on the perspective of one major personality suffering from developmental pain [6]. This makes reading literary texts a radically different experience from reading interpretive articles, the most common type of literature in reading English as a second language [15].…”

“…They agreed that learning literature through graphic literature enables them to boost up their interest and motivation in speaking class. Teacher also found that graphic novel is a visually appealing way to explain a certain topic as it has a variety of features that may help students learn more effectively than standard textbooks [6]. There are some conditions why graphic literature is assumed as a cool communication media with a high level of engagement.…”

“…Unlike paragraphs with only text, the visual side of the cartoon panel shows how speakers use facial expressions, gestures and gestures in their statements. Like traditional novels, short stories, poetry, comics and graphic novels, cartoons and graphic novels reinforce cultural values, such as how children communicate with their parents and peers and how to deal with a wide range of social issues [6]. The visual nature of comics and graphic novels helps students to infer and connect to their daily lives in ways that are not possible with dedicated resources.…”

“…Graphic novel involves images and text as well to tell the story. The images help the reader or viewer to understand not only the context or story as a whole but they also give us many implications or reactions [6]. These implications or reactions apply to increased speech.…”