IMPROVING
THE STUDENTS’ ABILITY TO WRITE NARRATIVE PARAGRAPH THROUGH INTRAPERSONAL
INTELLIGENCE STRATEGY
CHAPTER I
INTRODUCTION
A.
Background
English is the first foreign language in our country, which is
taught from Elementary up to University level. English is also intensively used
in the international language, in written as well as in spoken language. In
addition, many books of science, technology, art and other published issues are
written in English.
In English language, there are integrated skills to be mastered
such as: Speaking, listening, reading, and Writing. Jhon Haycraft (1978:8)
states that there are various skills in mastering of language: respective
skill, listening (understanding the spoken language), reading (understanding
the written language), and productive skills speaking and writing.
Keraf, Gorys (2001:136) states that “Narrative as a story tells or
describes an action in the past time clearly, so narrative is tried to answer
the question: what had happened.
Narrative as a story, so it should have the element that can make
story more interesting to the reader such as a conflict and conclusion of the
story.The students must have good communication in???????????