In this study, the researcher identified five studies that have examined the
implementation of digital comics in enhancing students' reading comprehension.
These studies have contributed to our understanding of how digital comics can be
effectively integrated into educational settings by the practical steps of how to
implement digital comic to support students' reading comprehension skills. There are;
(Asmara, 2021), (Saputri, 2021), (Widiyarti, 2021), (Rohmanurmeta, 2020), (Ningsih,
2021).
To conduct this content analysis, a descriptive qualitative method is utilized.
(Nazir 2003) stated that descriptive qualitative research is a methodology that aims to
provide a comprehensive and detailed description of the condition and situation. To
achieve this, (Reitz, 2012) highlighted that an extensive search of scholarly journals
is conducted must using specific keywords, and the keyword is "digital comic" and
"reading comprehension," sourced from Google Scholar.
Regarding the practical steps implemented in the five studies, a total of eleveb
steps to implement digital comic for enhancing reading comprehension. And there are
There are include the teacher must selecting appropriate digital comics then
introducing digital comics to students in the claas and also providing and give
guidance and support to students, recomendly do the pre-reading activity, and of
course integrating digital comics in the learning process, at the end teacher can
provide critical thinking activities then doing collaborative discussions related to
digital comics and assessing students' learning outcomes in reading comprehension,
teacher also doing post-reading activities and using digital comics as a motivational
tool and reflecting at the end about the material. After analyzing the eleven steps to
implement digital comic, it is essential to consider only the commonly used ones
across multiple implementations of digital comics. As a result, seven practical steps
emerged and there are introducing digital comics to students, providing guidance and
support, pre-reading activity, integrating digital comics in the learning process,
collaborative discussions related to digital comics, assessing students' learning
outcomes in reading comprehension, reflecting at the end about the material.