University, Lahore, Pakistan, showed that there was a positive result of how photographs can enhance teaching learning process.
The previous research and this research have some differences on the research design, the research subject, and the research area. Indah 2010 applied
experimental research as her research design and it was conducted on the Eleventh Year Students of SMA N 1 Batangan Pati. Meanwhile, Nafisah 2013 did her
research at SMP Negeri 1 Mayong Jepara and Sadiq 2013 examined 100 respondents who all have sufficient experience of undergraduate learning at
Beconehouse National University Lahore. Yet, this classroom action research was intended to enhance class 8-
C students’ recount paragraph writing achievement at SMP Negeri 9 Jember in the 20142015 academic year.
Related to some theories and the previous researches, it is revealed that using photographs can help students enhance their writing achievement. Based on the
explanation above, the researcher is interested in conducting an action research entitled
“Enhancing the Eighth Grade Students’ Recount Paragraph Writing Achievement by Using Photographs at SMP Negeri 9 Jember”.
Henceforth, hopefully, photographs as the visual media can solve the problem in writing faced by the students and also help them in develop their writing skill.
1.2 Problems of the Research
Based on the research background, the problems of this research are formulated as follows:
1. Can the use of photographs enhance class 8-C students’ recount paragraph
writing achievement at SMP Negeri 9 Jember in the 20142015 academic year? 2.
Can the use of photographs enhance class 8-C students’ active participation in the classroom during the teaching learning process of writing at SMP Negeri 9
Jember in the 20142015 academic year?
1.3 Objectives of the Research
According to the problem of the research above, the objectives of this classroom action research are as follows:
1. To enhance class 8-C students’ recount paragraph writing achievement at SMP
Negeri 9 Jember in the 20142015 academic year. 2.
To enhance class 8-C students’ active participation in teaching learning process at SMP Negeri 9 Jember in the 20142015 academic year.
1.4 Significance of the Research
The results of this research are expected to be useful for the following people, they are:
1. The English Teacher
The results of this research are expected to help the teacher to overcome some problems during the teaching learning process, especially in teaching and
developing students’ writing skill. Also, it is expected to increase teachers’ insight toward many kinds of visual media which enables them to present their writing
materials contextually in diversely attractive presentation.
2. The Students
The results of this research are expected to help the students overcome their writing difficulties, to give them a new learning experience in writing activity by
using photographs, to enhance their writing achievement particularly in recount text and their active participation, as well as to motivate them to learn English
more actively and creatively.
3. The other Researchers
The research results are hopefully useful for other researchers as a reference to conduct a further research in the same topic but using different research design
to enhance the quality of teaching writing for example, using experimental research.
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CHAPTER 2. REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE
