All university students are expected to be able to write in English. One way to achieve this purpose is through comicstrip media. The aims of this study to determine the effectiveness of the comic-strip media in improving English writing ability of mechanical engineering students. This research focuses on writing procedure text. This research applied quasi-experimental "pre-test post-test design". It was conducted at the Muhammadiyah University of Metro in academic Year 2015/2016. The population involved in this study is mechanical engineering students that consisted of 60 students and were divided into 30 students in experimental class and 30 students in control class. The variables of this study were: (1) CIRC method with comic-strip media as independent variables, and (2) ability to write as the dependent variable. The instrument used in this study was a writing test. To analyze the data, researcher used ttest formula. The results showed the value of t_(test) T_(Table) 3.57 and 2.00 (criterion 1) and 2.66 (criterion 2). From these results, it can be concluded that the CIRC method through comic strips can improve writing ability of mechanical engineering students.
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