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CHAPTER II THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK
A. Writing
Writing is the most complex skill among other language skills because in writing students need to think hard to produce some words, sentences, and
paragraph at the same time.
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Not only do students need to think hard, but they also need to spell words in right spelling and properly punctuate the sentences.
Therefore, the students have to master all aspects related to writing and its component, also do more practices if they want to be good writers.
According to Rogers, he said that writing is not language. Language is a complex system residing in people brains which allow people to produce and
interpret utterances. Writing involves making an utterance visible.
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Betty said that learning to write well will improve the thinking skills –the
ability to question, analyze, evaluate and make decision.
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As Betty said, that writing is a process discovery. When the students write they will discover their
thoughts and ideas that lie in their mind. Writing opens opportunities to learn. Learning to write well also improves
our ability in organization skills.
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The consistency of learning to write well brings us to become more efficient in organizing our writing from the draft until editing
process. The improvement of organizational skill of writing will enable us to select writing appropriately. By applying appropriate writing strategies, we can
increase thoughts, draft more quickly, and develop ideas more effectively. Good organizational in developing ideas help us in expanding our writing and avoid us
from blocking of writing.
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James. C Raymond, Writing is an Unnatural Act New York: Happer Row, Publisher, 1980.p.1
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Henry Rogers, op. cit., p.2
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Betty M Dietsch, Reasoning and Writing Well: A Rhetoric, Research Guide, Reader, and Handbook Fourth Edition New York: McGraw Hill, 2006.p. 5
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Ibid,. p.5
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