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Analyze, 5 Evaluate, and 6 Create. The domains are met in the six instructional components of WebQuests, they are: introduction, tasks, processes, resources,
learning advices and conclusion. The instructional components will help students to generate their ideas in writing, to think critically and to find many sources that
they need through internet.
1.2 Reasons for Choosing the Topic
Nowadays the improvement of ICT information and communication technology is getting faster. All aspects in people’s life have been reached by technology.
Therefore, education sector which is the key to our future, should make good use of technology to improve students’ quality.
The aim of teaching English for Senior High School is to develop four language skills, which are listening, speaking, reading and writing. In this research
the writer focuses on the study on the highest domain skill or writing skill. The writer uses one of instructional teaching media called WebQuest to improve the
students’ writing skill. The reasons for choosing the topic are as follows:
1 Internet is the easiest and fastest way to gain information and to upgrade
students’ knowledge. The misuse of internet has made parents and all educational sectors worried to allow the students to use internet facility as one
of their learning sources. But WebQuest is trying to solve the problem by its 6 instructional components; one of them is providing the resources component
that provides links to information resources in the internet that the students will need to access to complete their learning tasks Vacca 2009:441.
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2 There were some researches had been done about the effectiveness of using
WebQuests in foreign countries especially in the United State of America Strickland 2005:141, but there was very limited research had been done
about the effectiveness of using WebQuest as an alternative teaching media in Indonesia. So, WebQuest as one of new media of teaching needs to be
implemented in Indonesian teaching learning language process. 3
Writing as the highest domain in language skills hold important role in this modern society. Most companies required their applicants to have spoken and
written English skills. Therefore, it is important to find an alternative media to teach writing, in order to improve students’ performance in writing.
4 SMA Nasima Semarang is a school that is supported with the internet
facilities in its teaching learning process. It is one of the best places to do the research on WebQuest.
1.3 Research
