The Effectiveness of Picture Stories to Develop Students' Writing Skill
A. Background of the Study
Language is one of the most important things in communication and it is used as a tool of communication among nations in all over the world. As an international language, English is very important and has many interrelationship with various aspects of life owned by human being. Studying English is not easy for many Indonesian students since it is a foreign language. Foreign language is the language that is being learned not spoken in the local community. Although English is a foreign language, it is very important to be mastered, because is one of important subjects. It is one of the requirements for Indonesin students for graduating from junior and senior high school.
Writing is one of aspects in lerning English. Writing is indeed dificult.it not only transfers information to the readers, but also need complex ways and strategies in transferring. This is done in order not to make misperception and misunderstanding between the readers and writer him/himself. The writer must pay attention in selecting in appropiate language, organizing information, generating ideas, etc. They are crucial aspect since the writer want to be successful in sending message.
Writing is usually has some problems in selecting appropiate vocabulary, organizing information, generating ideas, making grammatical sentences and punctuation, spelling, and mechanices in writing. It cause to the student not interest in learning English. It really need creative efforts from the English teachers to conduct the process of teaching-learning. To be more interesting, then the teacher have to create many ways to eplain the subject so that it can be understood by the student.
In SMP N 4 Kalasan, the students get the problems in writing skill. There are students who cannot organize information, generate ideas and make grammatical sentences and punctuation, spelling in writing. There are some important things that are effect in writing activity. In organize an information the
Language is one of the most important things in communication and it is used as a tool of communication among nations in all over the world. As an international language, English is very important and has many interrelationship with various aspects of life owned by human being. Studying English is not easy for many Indonesian students since it is a foreign language. Foreign language is the language that is being learned not spoken in the local community. Although English is a foreign language, it is very important to be mastered, because is one of important subjects. It is one of the requirements for Indonesin students for graduating from junior and senior high school.
Writing is one of aspects in lerning English. Writing is indeed dificult.it not only transfers information to the readers, but also need complex ways and strategies in transferring. This is done in order not to make misperception and misunderstanding between the readers and writer him/himself. The writer must pay attention in selecting in appropiate language, organizing information, generating ideas, etc. They are crucial aspect since the writer want to be successful in sending message.
Writing is usually has some problems in selecting appropiate vocabulary, organizing information, generating ideas, making grammatical sentences and punctuation, spelling, and mechanices in writing. It cause to the student not interest in learning English. It really need creative efforts from the English teachers to conduct the process of teaching-learning. To be more interesting, then the teacher have to create many ways to eplain the subject so that it can be understood by the student.
In SMP N 4 Kalasan, the students get the problems in writing skill. There are students who cannot organize information, generate ideas and make grammatical sentences and punctuation, spelling in writing. There are some important things that are effect in writing activity. In organize an information the
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