Improving content, organization, vocabulary, language use, and mechanics using Movie Trailer Media

Abstract

Writing implicates conveying or communicating ideas or thoughts obliges the media either in conventional (paper and pen) or digital material (computer). This research applied pre-experimental approach with one group pretest and posttest design. The independent variable is movie trailers as teaching media. The dependent variable is students' writing skills consist of content, organization, vocabulary, language use, and mechanics. This research indicated the significant difference of writing skills before and after the treatment using movie trailers with narrative text. Thirty writing class students participated in this research; hence, they are homogeneous. Students seemed to be more encouraged to learn more about writing skills with enjoyable and relaxing strategies. This research signposts a significant impact on the movie trailer's usage of writing skills’ improvement. Movie trailers could be used as one of the learning media to foster students' resolution in telling stories in the form of writing based on the imagination that comes after watching. Therefore, this research recommends the use of movie trailer as one of strategy to improve the students' writing ability