that it will give teachers inspiration for improving their teaching method. So, the students will get better achievement.
2.
For students
In the other side, this study is expected to help students get idea and explore their writing skill in making text.
3.
The readers
The study of this research will be a good reference and knowledge for readers who want to teach a descriptive text by using pop up cards as their medium.
4.
For the researcher
The result will be a useful reference. As a teacher candidate, she should know how to teach writing skill using interesting media to make the students not get
bored in learning writing English text.
1.7 Definition and Key Term
The researcher classifies the term are used in this study as follows: 1.7.1
Pop up cards In a Macmillan Dictionary, a pop-up book or cards is a cards that has pictures
inside and it will stand up when it is opened. 1.7.2
Descriptive Text Descriptive text is a text which says what a person or a thing is like. Its
purpose is to describe and reveal a particular person, place, or thing. The writing
will be such that it will set a mood or describe something in such detail that if the reader saw it, they would recognize it.
1.7.3 Students‟ Achievement
Student achievement is setting and accomplishing individual and group goals while overcoming obstacles to the best of their ability; individualized academic
social growth achieved by differentiated activities; skill mastery to create independent life-long learners. George, 2012.
1.7.4 Writing Skill
Troyka 1987:3-4 states that writing is a way of communicating a message to a reader for a purpose. The purposes of writing are to express one‟s
self, to provide information for one‟s reader, to persuade one‟s reader, and to create a literary work.
The term of ability is defined as skill or power. Concisely, writing ability is the skill to express ideas, thoughts, and feelings to other people in written
symbols to make other people or readers understand the ideas conveyed.
1.8 Outline of the Report
This study consists of five chapters, which can be described as follows: Chapter I presents the introduction of the study. It consists of general
background of the study, reasons for choosing the topic, statement of the problems, objectives of the study, statement of hypothesis, significance of the
study, definition and key term, and outline of the report. Chapter II presents the review of related literature. This chapter consists of
previous studies, theoritical review and theoritical framework. Chapter III presents the methods of investigation. It consists of research
design, the experiment design, time and setting, population and sample, variables instuments of collecting data, procedure of collecting data, and procedure
analyzing data. Chapter IV presents the findings and discussion
Chapter V consists of conclusions and suggestions.
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CHAPTER II REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE
