IMPROVING
STUDENTS’ WRITING THROUGH IMAGINATIVE TECHNIQUE AT THE FIRST YEAR STUDENTS OF
SMA (A CLASSROOM ACTION RESEARCH)
CHAPTER
I
INTRODUCTION
I. Background
It has been known that English language is the
language of international communication. There are four skills that have to be
developed in learning language, namely listening, speaking, reading and writing.Writing ability is the most
important skill for most students. Success in studying depends in large part on
our ability to write. Writing skill as evidence and reason for the
government to state English as the foreign language taught to Indonesian
students from elementary
school to university levels. Even though methods and technique of English
teaching have been improved, but outcomes of the students knowledge is still
far from satisfaction.
The students as the second language
learners, who are good in writing, are possibly good in other language skills.
In writing the passage, a writer can gain new words. The students can enlarge
or extend their knowledge in many field or science by writing books or other
materials. In fact, writing is the easiest and cheapest way of getting
information. We will be able to increase our English anywhere, anytime because writing
can be carried out easily without partner.
To improve the students’ achievement at SMA
needs hard work. The first thing we have to do is to make them realize about
the importance of English. Most of them do not realize about the importance of
English that they are not interested in learning it. The English teacher has to
try hard to help the students improve their achievement.
The success of English learning depend
on materials uses in writing, where it must be suitable with the students’
interest. Through imaginative Technique, the students will be able to improve
their language skills. They will learn new words and appropriate expression
they will become more sensitive to the correct uses of the language, and they
will also learn good diction and style.
Through imaginative writing technique
can interest the students to identify what had happened and where it happened?
Why it happened? How it happened? What if we were in his/her situation? Would
we react the same way? In this way we will learn to
