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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