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CHAPTER
I
INTRODUCTION
A. Background
The need for english nowdays is
increasingly felt in almost every face of life in our country, indonesia. We
can not deny that the matery of english is quite necessary for indonesian
people. Because it is use as communication tool.
Jacobs. G (2008: 1)
states that writing is is one
of the language skills that palys an important role in human communication. The
most important of writing is coming to be more and more recognized. It is the
written mark that links with the outside world is formed.
There is
no doubt that English writing is important as the other language skills. The
ability to write is frequently demanded in many occusions in our life. For any
reasons writing skill is crusial to most people. In relation about that,
Adelstain and Vipal (1980) state that in
all subyects in our life or in all profession, the ability to write or express
oneself clearly is essential basic for success. Writing is crucial mean of
human communication. It use to communicate with other people in sociaty and to
express our feeling and opinions. Writing means of both communication and self
expression.
Writing
means how to communicates our opinion to other on the paper. But reality shows
that it can not be done well because it is very difficult to express.
Furthermore, Goldman and Heaton (1986:126) states that many students still
encounter difficulties in writing because it is complex and difficult. In
studying English, many students who study in the tertiary level still often
make errors in writing though they have learned it for many times, even years.
The
difficulty of writing is also caused by the components of writing. Jacobs. G (1981:10)
tell that there are five components of writing. The five components are
content, organization, vocabulary, language use and mechanics. They are intergrating related to each other
when students producing a good piece of writing. Without having a good mastery
of writing components, the students cannot write successfully. Sometimes, when
they write the students get difficulties in ???????