THE EFFECTIVENESS OF GREETING CARDS ON STUDENTS MOTIVATION IN WRITING COMPREHENSION AT THE ELEVENTH GRADE STUDENTS OF SMA
CHAPTER I
INTRODUCTION
A.
Background
of the Problem
Writing
is a one of the language skills that necessary to be mastered by students.
Learners have to pay attention to writing skill because writing is not easy for
students. Writing has an important role in English as second language (EFL) or
English as foreign language (EFL) learning. It is representation of language in
textual medium through the using of a set of sign of symbols known as writing
system. In this case the communication occurred between writers and readers.
The writer transferees his/her though, opinion, or comment in written form,
which is expected to be comprehended by the readers.
Therefore,
writing is one of important skill can transfer his/her idea to do the
communication with the reader. Writing is an activity to establish a note or
information in a media with letter. Writing is also system of human visual
communication using signs or symbols associated by convention with units of
language, meaning or sounds, and recorded on materials such as paper, stone, or
clay. Besides, writing is one of the four skills in language.
Writing
is very important for students. By writing the students can express their mind,
their ideas, and their opinions. The following illustrations will present some
significances of writing for human life. First writing is tool communication.
Written communication is different from oral communication. Although equally is
communication activities, that have the purpose to give something to other
people, but writing has special character. Human are trained to arrange the
letter to word, word to sentence, sentence to paragraph, and paragraph to
article. Through writing, the students can communicate with other people, like
writing letter, short message, and others.
Writing
is still being one difficult skill to be mastered. It becomes one difficult
because it is a complex activity. It requires students’ comprehensive abilities
such as mastering grammar, vocabulary, and punctuation. Besides, to write well,
the students are expected to be able to present their ideas in the written form
as a means of communication. Students have difficulty when they write their
idea or thought in their own native, whereas in English.
Exactly,
writing is not an easy skill to master. Writing is the hardest among other
language skills. Teaching writing with appropriate media is crucial to make the
writing class becomes more effective, interesting, and enjoyable for the
students. Students are unlikely to be very successful at learning unless they
enjoy the process. Teacher should apply appropriate techniques in teaching
writing in order to make students enjoy the writing process; one of them is
teaching writing through seasonal greeting cards.
Greeting
cards are an illustrated piece of card or high quality paper featuring an
expression of friendship or other sentiment. Although greeting cards are
usually given on special occasions such as birthdays, Christmas or other
holidays, such as Halloween, they are also sent to convey thanks or express
other feelings. This study explains about teaching seasonal greeting cards
because the students are already confused and feel difficult to make greeting
cards (Tristanthi, Sulistyaningsih and Sabat 2017: 2).
Based
on the explanation above, researcher was interested in conducting experimental
research, by which the purpose was to solve the students’ problem in writing
skill by title: “The
Effectiveness of Greeting Cards on Students Motivation in Writing Comprehension
at the Eleventh Grade Students of SMA
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