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2018
CHAPTER 1
INTRODUCTION
communication among people around the world. Therefore, English language can
become a bridge to connect and interact people one to another that lived in different
communicate but also it can be used to get information, knowledge and compete in
Therefore, they compete to master English language in their life, because learning
English provides many benefits for people around the world. In mastering English
language, people should learn four language skills. And writing is one of language
skill that have to be learn by foreign language learner beside speaking, listening and
reading skill.
According to Oshima And Hoque (2007) writing is never a one – step action ;
it is an ongoing creative act. That means the students need to develop their own
ideas on the topic or the text at the same time and it needs creativity on writing.
Therefore, writing is one of the language skills that is not easy to learn because it
needs cognitive effort, training and practice. Mastery writing skill, the students can’t
master automatically and naturally because it will take time and process. Therefore,
in Indonesia English language has been taught from Elementary School level to
University level in order the students can easily to master those four English skill,
especially writing. Through writing, the students can express their experience,
thought and imagination into paragraph and it can be develop to become histories
or stories. Writing is not just about the process to construct the word into meaningful
sentence based on someone thought, but it is complicated skill that involves many
elements to learn.
Writing is one of the important and complex skill in teaching and learning
punctuation, and vocabulary. In writing English subject, students have to know and
understand about those elements. The writing lesson usually begins with making a
sentence, then develop it into paragraph and finally making an essay or paper. To
support the learning process of writing the students have to improve their vocabulary
and grammar structure because these can help the student develop their idea, easily
write their own thought, and improving their writing skill. In order to master those
elements, students should expand their own abilities by their own ways.
monolog text that have to be taught in teaching writing for eighth grade students of
Junior High School. Three genres of the text are descriptive, recount, and procedure
text (Annisa & Merlina, 2014, p.171). Each genres of text have different function
and features that may caused the students face the difficulties in their learning
process. This research is only discussed about descriptive text and the solution to
solve it.
researcher found some problems in learning descriptive text. The students face many
difficulties in learning it. And also the students feel confused of grammatical pattern
in making descriptive text. In addition, the students may have lack of vocabulary
that caused they feel difficult in writing their own ideas in writing descriptive text.
In this case, the teacher takes the important role to solve students’ problem in
improving their writing skill. Therefore, the teacher should be able to create or find
skill. The teaching method that applied must be able to give opportunity for the
In this term, the researcher would like to use the estafet writing method to solve
the teachers and students’ problem in learning writing descriptive text. Estafet
writing is one of collaborative learning and also active learning that hoped can
improve students’ ability in writing skill. Using estafet writing method is hoped can
encourage the student to learn more and improve their writing skill. And this method
has not been done before in SMPN 8 Kota Tangerang. The expectation from the
used of this method can motivate the students’ learning in English especially in
writing skill.
The researcher used estafet writing to make easier in developing the students’
skill in writing. Syatariah (2011) believes that estafet writing is one of the strategies
associate learning as a fun activity. The researcher hoped the students can enjoy the
learning activity and improve their own skill in writing through this method.
Based on the description above, the writer would like to conduct the research
entitled: The Effect of Estafet Writing Method on The Eighth Grade Students’
Based on the background above, the research identifies the problem as follow:
5. The writer finds that the teacher has lack of teaching method in teaching
writing.
researcher to study all that stated problem because of the limited time. Therefore,
the researcher limits her study on the effect of estafet writing method on the eight
grade students’ descriptive writing skill at SMPN 8 Kota Tangerang Academic
Year 2017-2018.
2. How is the improvement of students’ writing skill after being taught through
The objective of this study is one of the important things in order the study
would reach the target what the writer hopes. The objectives are:
1. To describe and know the effectiveness of using estafet writing method to teach
2. To find out the improvement of students’ writing skill after being taught through
1. Theoretically
writing skill.
2. Practically
a) For the teachers, this research is expected to give the solution in creating a
b) For the students, this research can help the students to improve their’ writing
c) For the other researchers, this research is hoped to provide benefits to the
research.