By M.Yazid
Bastomi
Introduction
This chapter presents about background of the study, research
problem,objective of research,significance of research, scope and limitation of research and definition of key terms.
1.1 Beckground of the problem
Language is a means of communication. People,
all over the world, use the language to convey their feelings, thought and
ideas whether in spoken or in written forms. Now days, learning English as a
foreign language is very importance, since English is the key to the
international currencies of technology and commerce (Hutchinson and waters,
1989:6 ) . The ability of English will help the people to be easier and in
better condition in their lives. And it shows that either spoken or writing
forms should be mastered.
For Indonesia English is a Foreign
language. Learning a foreign language is an integrated process that the learner
should study the four basic skill: listening, speaking, reading.We use it to
understanding our world through listening and reading and to communicate our
feeling, need, and desires through speaking and writing. By having more
knowledge about language skill we have much better chance of understanding and
being understood and getting what we want and need from these around us.
Writing is one of four basic skills.
It is very important in teaching and learning English. Writing involves some
language components (spelling, grammar, vocabulary,and punctuation). This is in
line with what is stated by Braine and Claire May (1996:60), writing clear
sentences requires you to learn the rules of English grammar and mechanics such
as the correct use of verbs and pronouns, as well as commas and other marks of
punctuation.There are various ways to organize the sentences in a piece of
writing. One of them is recount text. Recount text is the form of text that
aims at retelling events for the purpose of informing or entertaining. In the
recount text, the sentences are usually organized according to time order or
chronological order. One thing happens and then another thing happens, and the
events are told in the same order.
Based on my experiences, there are
some problems found in the field when giving writing materials to the students
of seven greduate in Mts Wahid Hasim Malang, especially the recount text. The
first problem is that the students’ writing is not comprehensible, because the
content of the composition is not relevant to the topic, the ideas are not
clearly stated, the ideas and sentences are not well organized. The second
problem is that there are many errors in vocabulary, grammar, and spelling.
Another problem is the students have
low motivation and are not interested in doing the task since the writing
activities are not interesting. Usually, the students are asked to write
sentences and paragraphs without being given some clue so that it is difficult
for them to express their ideas on a piece of paper.
Besides that, the students have
difficulty at telling their experience. This is because writing is difficult
for them since they have to master enough vocabulary, spelling, and grammar.
In reference to the explanations
above and the strong desire of finding the solution of these problems, the
writer has motivation to do the research in improving the teaching of writing
in real class by using picture series as the instructional media. It is hoped
that the media improve the students’ ability in writing, especially recount
text.
1.2 Research Problem
In this research, the researcher
tries to describe the students’ ability in writing the recount text through
using picture series. So, the problem is formulated as follows:
How can picture series to improve
the students’ ability in writing the recount text of seven graduate of Mts Wahid Hasim academic ?
1.3 Objective of the study
Based on the problem formulation
above, the objective of the research is to find the appropriate way in using
picture series can improve the students’ ability in recount text at seven
graduate of Mts Wahid Hasim academic year 2011-2012.
1.4 Significances of the research
The study is expected to have both
academic and practical contributions.
A. Academically, to help teacher/researcher to find out the alternative way
of teaching writing, especially recount and to produce the relevant and valid
knowledge for their class to improve their teaching.
B. practically, it can be used as a model to improve the students’ ability
in writing recount text, and it may guide, help and encourage students to
express their ideas, opinion, and thought onto paper.
1.5 Scope and limitation of the research
The scope of the study is limited to the teaching of
English on the eighth grade students of Mts Wahid Hasim using Picture series to
improve their writing mastery. The subject of this study is 8 B that has
problem in writing.
1.6 Significant of the study
The result of this study
will make students easier and confident to write English better by using
Picture series as a media.
1.
Using Picture series as a media can improve their
motivation to write English through pair work;
2.
To know about the
creativity and activity of using Picture series as a media improves their
ability to write English. The result of this study is expected to be useful
information to: (a) increase the teachers’ knowledge of English and share
experiences in improving the students’ mastery to write English by using
Picture series as a media. (b) encourage the teachers’ colleagues in doing
action research in improving their teaching as the professional practices; (c) give any contribution to the general
public in increasing knowledge concerning about classroom action research and
get any reflection for being perfection.
1.7 Definition of key term
In order to avoid misunderstanding
or get the same perception of the terms used in the study, the following
definitions are given:
1.
Improve
The term improve in this study
is to increase the students’ score on reading comprehension. It means that the
score should be rise up than before the technique given.
2.
Writing Ability
The term refers to the understanding
of a text as proved by the ability to correctly choose the right alternative
provided for the answer of the question asked from the text, which is proved by
the scores.
3.
Picture series
Using Picture series is one of the
instructional media in the teaching and learning process to attract the students’
attention and deliver information
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