IMPROVING STUDENTS’ WRITING SKILL
THROUGH ENGLISH WEB BLOG AMONG YEAR X STUDENTS OF SMA NEGERI
CHAPTER I
INTRODUCTION
A.
Background of the Study
The
teaching and learning
of English as
a foreign language
is very complex. Writing
is the most
crucial skill in learning
English. Richards and Renandya
(2002) state that there is no doubt that writing is the most difficult skill
for the
second language learners to
master. Learners need
to combine a
lot of components to
compose a good
writing, starting from grammar
to cohesion and coherence
in writing. These
will be difficult
points for many students
to write. The difficulty
lies not only in
generating and organizing
ideas, but also
in translating these ideas into readable text.
In the learning process, writing
becomes a problem for the students of the first grade of senior high school
observed. In SMA N, there are some problems
that relate to
the English writing
process. The students
have low competency in writing;
their understanding about aspects of writing is poor. Their knowledge of
grammar, diction, and
cohesion and coherence
are not used appropriately. Students’
sentences often contain
a lot of
grammatical errors,
especially in using tenses. Learners need to improve their knowledge
on diction.They have difficulties in taking words to the context when
developing sentences, so they cannot compose a good paragraph.
The learning media contribute to
the teaching and learning process. It can stimulate students’
idea to develop
their writing. The learning
media can be??????
