IMPROVING STUDENTS’ SKILLS OF WRITING EXPLANATION TEXTS THROUGH PICTURE SERIES


IMPROVING STUDENTS’ SKILLS OF WRITING EXPLANATION TEXTS THROUGH PICTURE SERIES
CHAPTER I
INTRODUCTION
A. Background of The Problem
English as a foreign language has been taught as a compulsory subject in all senior high schools in Indonesia. The aim of its teaching and learning process according to curriculum is to develop students’  communicative competence in reaching the informational level which is already prepared for senior high school students to access information. Since language plays important role as a means of communication, students need to master the four language skills namely listening, speaking, reading, and writing. So that the students are able to comprehend and produce spoken and written texts.
Writing as one of the language skills is very important for some reasons. The first reason is that writing is important for  senior high school students to communicate or share information and idea such as to write letter or to compose stories. Secondly, writing helps the students to prepare the global competition for their future, for example to get a job in a foreign country.  Furthermore, writing can help the students to focus on accurate language use, such as grammar and vocabulary. It may well provoke language development of the students because they think as they write.
Though writing is important for students, it is not an easy skill to master. As Richards and Renandya (2002: 303) state, writing is the most difficult skill to master for second or foreign language learners. The difficulties are not only in????
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