Abstract
Writing skill has an important role in the English teaching program in Islamic Junior High School. However, the ability of the eighth-graders of this school in writing is still dissatisfactory. The students feel still difficulties how to start writing and they don’t have an idea to write. This research is intended to progress the writing skill of the eighth graders by implementing a writing process approach with pictures. This strategy is chosen since it can lead the students to generate their ideas into a useful composition. The findings in the preliminary study show that the students need to learn how to start their writing and they do not have ideas to write. Only 8 of 31 students achieve the average score of writing skill equal to or above 70. To get the purpose, the researcher conducted action research following four steps: planning, implementing, observing, and reflecting. The subject of the study were 31 students of the eighth grade. The findings show that implementing a writing process approach with pictures has progressed the writing skill of students. In cycle one, the students’ average score was 15 of 31 failed and 16 of 31 students passed or got the score equal or greater than 70. In cycle two, the average score for the final product was 6 of 31 students failed and 25 of 31 students passed or got the score equal or greater than 70. Also, the findings of students revealed that the students’ participation was active and motivated using pictures in the teaching and learning activities. Based on the results, it can be summarized that implementing a writing process approach with pictures is very beneficial not only in progressing the students’ writing skill but also in motivating the students in the learning activities.Keywords: using pictures, writing skill, recount text
Highlights
Writing is the psichogocal work of finding ideas, thinking about how to express them and organizing them into statements and paragraphs that will be clear to a reader (Nunan, 2003)
It can be summarized that implementing a writing process approach with pictures is very beneficial in progressing the students’ writing skill and in motivating the students in the learning activities
2 Students (6 %) were Superb Active (SA), 6 Students (20 %) were Very Active (VA), 9 Students (31%) were Active Enough (AE), 6 Students (20%) were Fairly Active (FA), and 6 Students (20%) were Not Active (NA)
Summary
Writing is the psichogocal work of finding ideas, thinking about how to express them and organizing them into statements and paragraphs that will be clear to a reader (Nunan, 2003). The students submit their work to the teacher This teaching process cannot improve students’ writing skill, so that classroom action research is needed. The role of pictures are as media in teaching and learning process in the classroom and should consist of a file of pictures, which can be used to give interesting atmosphere, meaning practice in the sound structure, writing and tense of the foreign language By using this strategy the students are able to generate their ideas to start their writing. Based on the problem stated above, the researcher decide to use pictures as a learning aids and strategy to overcome the students’ problems in improving their writing recount texts because pictures can evoke students’ interest and motivation, a sense of the context of the language, and a specific reference point or stimulus in teaching and learning activities in the classroom. Some English teachers do not want to teach writing skill because it is difficult, needs much time to give scores and time allotment is limited for teaching the English language
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