Artificial Intelligence Comic Strips (AICS) for Retelling Students’ Experience: Does It Work and How?

Artificial Intelligence Comic Strips (AICS) is a sophisticated combination of
Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Comic Strips (CS). The use of AICS in the learning
process can help students improve their skills, particularly in writing recount texts. This
research was completed to seek an answer if AICS works for teaching writing and
improving students’ abilities in composing written experiences and to know how AICS
works for teaching writing. The research used a quasi-experimental design, and the
main sample was eighth-graders at SMP Negeri 1 Subah. The instruments used were
pre-test, post-test, and questionnaire. Data analysis and processing were done with
SPSS 27. The implementation of AICS increased the average score of students in the
experimental class from the pre-test score (60.359) to the post-test score (81.550). The
Asymp. Sig. (2-tailed) value of 0.000 in the Wilcoxon test indicates a highly significant
difference between the pretest and post-test results. The questionnaire given to students
was divided into 3 parts: students' initial ability in writing recount text, students'
knowledge of AI and comic strips, and students' experience in using AICS. The
questionnaire's findings indicated that the students agreed that using AICS was
enjoyable, helped them develop ideas, and provided them with optimism that they
would get high scores. In conclusion, implementing AICS can help students write
recount texts and motivate them to learn.
Keywords: writing, recount text, artificial intelligence, comic strips.