CHAPTER I
INTRODUCTION
A. Background
Language is the most important thing for people as a
means of communication. It is basically a means of both oral and written
communication. People use language to express their ideas and wishes to others’
people such as when they need others help so that close relation among members
of the group can be carried. It is important to learn English because it is an
international language which is used in many countries over the world and
widely used in many sectors such as information, trade, education, etc.
In Indonesia, English
has an important role especially in education. Therefore, English is taught as
the first foreign language in all levels of schools and language courses. In
school, English has been taught as a local content. Since The Basic Course
Outlines of the 2004 Curriculum (2004: 7) in Nurhawaeni states that the objective of learning
English at junior high school as a local content is to develop students'
communication ability in the context of school. It means that the students are
expected to be able to make simple transactional and interpersonal conversation
which is potentially needed to communicate in the context of school. Here, the
teacher plays important role since he has to be able to set students interest
and motivation in learning English in order to develop students’ ability to
communicate using all the resources they have already acquired to interact with
others about their needs and interest.
In this study, the
writer will focus on teaching writing in Junior high school considering that in
learning language writing is the skill that students acquire in first to write
something. Writing is important to support learning English especially in
enriching vocabulary and gaining a large portion of their education. Therefore
the writer considers that writing can be taught at junior high schools.
There are four skill should be mastered in learning English;
speaking, reading, listening and writing. Writing will provide a basis for
development of other language skills.?????????
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