Seminar Nasional Inovasi dan Teknologi Informasi 2014 (SNITI) Parbaba-Samosir, 10 - 11 Oktober 2014 hal 1 THE EFFECT OF IMAGE-STREAMING TEHNIQUE ON JUNIOR STUDENTS’ ABILITY IN WRITING NARRATIVE GENRE Kammer Tuahman Sipayung Program Studi Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris,Universitas HKBP Nommensen Jl.Sotomo No.4, Medan Sumatra Utara Telp : (061)4522922,4565635 Fax.(061)4571426 E-mail: ksipayung@yahoo.com ABSTRAK The purpose of this research is to find out the effectiveness of image-streaming technique on junior students’ ability in writing narrative genre or not. This research is experimental research design. The population of this research is Junior High school at Karya Serdang - Lubuk Pakam which is consist of 210 students. The writer decided to have only 60 students as a sample which is divided into two groups the first group as a control group (VIII-B, 30 students) and the last group is experimental group (VIII-A, 30 students) by using purposive sampling. The data of this research were analyzed by applying t-test formula. In this research find out that value of t-test is higher than t-table (7.37>2.04) at the significant level 5% with the 28 degree of freedom. It means that image- streaming technique is effective on junior students to improve their ability and motivation in writing narrative genre. Through this research the writer can conclude that image streaming technique makes students more able to write narrative genre. Kata Kunci: image-streaming, narrative genre and effectiveness 1. INTRODUCTION 1.1. Background Language is the tool of communication which is used to communicate something between two or more people in daily live in order to make the listener understand. Language skill consist of four skills, namely speaking, reading, listening and writing that should be master by student who is learn the target language. To transfer the knowledge or culture we need language, it means that the language function not only for communication. In Indonesia, English as a compulsory lesson that should be taught from the lowest level up to the highest level. Writing is an important skill to practice in order to organize main idea. According to (Carrol as quoted by Dian 2009) writing is the most powerful communication tool which is used to share our thought. It means that writing has the same important role with other skills. (Hyland 2001) writing is the evidence our personal experience and we can be evaluated by reading our own writing. The writer observed the students’ ability in writing narrative in SMP Karya Serdang. There are some writing that are confusing the reader. It is happened because the students are lack to organize their idea. The students are difficult to generate and translate the idea into narrative writing. To write a narrative the students should know its elements such as characters, setting, plot, conflict and resolution. In addition to that, the teacher just use the conventional method in teaching and force the students to memorize, which can make the students felt bored. Therefore, the students are not interested to the subject then some students had low achievement. This phenomenon create the students writing ability will never develop. Based on the research problem above, the writer chooses image streaming as a solution to solve the problem. It is expected that the students are able to write narrative. (Wenger, 2004) states that Image Streaming is a mental exercise for the purpose of visualizing an event which has been stored in the memory of which has become popular in the area of teaching writing. Therefore, it is important for English teacher to use various kinds of methods, techniques, strategies and media. The writer choose a narrative as a topic in this research because it is learnt by junior high school. So, the objective of this research is to find out the effectiveness of image streaming technique on students’ achievement in writing narratives. 1.2. Literature 1.2.1. Image Streaming (Wenger: 2004) states that image streaming is a mental exercise for the purpose to visualizing an event which has been stored in the memory. The subconscious memory contains information which can be used to solve the problems encountered in life. Life streaming is believed to rise the level of intelligence because of the stored information. The image streaming technique can be performed in the following ways: