THE EFFECTIVENESS OF
PEER RIVIEWING IN IMPROVING THE STUDENTS RECOUNT WRITING ABILITY
CHAPTER I
INTRODUCTION
A. Background
English is one of
the international languages used by many people in the world. English as the
first foreign language taught at school from the elementary level up to the
university level in Indonesia. Using English is the easiest way to communicate
with people from other countries. Because English was obviously as
international language involves many aspects in human life, such as politics,
socials, cultures, economics, and technology.
For the Junior
High School graduates, they are expected to reach at the functional level. In
this case, they are expected to be able to communicate or participate in the
creation of text in spoken and written in their daily life. In short, at Junior
High level, learners are expected to learn daily expressions, especially fixed
expressions and idioms that are needed in daily lives to accompany their
actions when playing at school yards, when attending classes, when interacting
with their friend, etc.
The purpose of
teaching English for SMP students is to develop communicative competence in
spoken and written form to achieve the literacy level which can be realized????