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but also visible for the students and they can increase their interest in learning writing by using the pictures.
3. The reseacher ask the students to identify the pictures, provide some vocabularies related with the pictures, step by step guide them how to make a sentence based
on the pictures provided, and combine all the sentences they have made in a paragraph.
2.7 Criteria of Selecting Good Pictures
The teacher should be creative in using the media of pictures in teaching writing. It means the pictures should be appropriate with the topic of writing being
taught. According to Wright 1989:3 there are five criteria for selecting good pictures for the students as follows:
a The pictures must be easy to prepare; teachers can find pictures easily which do
not spend much money and time to prepare in many of printed media which have several pictures, such as; newspapers, magazines, brochures, advertisements that
are appropriate in teaching writing.
b The pictures must be easy to organize; the teachers have to consider whether the efforts to organize the pictures are complicated or not if they are applied in the
classroom until the end of the teaching learning process. c The pictures must be interesting; the pictures as the material given to students are
not only beautiful but also visible for the students and they can increase their interest in learning.
d The pictures must be meaningful and authentic; the pictures must fit with the best principles of education.
e The pictures must be excellent point of view and sufficient amount of languages; pictures give rise to a sufficient amount of language in the language lesson.
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Based on the statement above, the criteria of good pictures should be easy to prepare and organize, interesting for the students, and it also should be relevant with
the best principles of education.
2.8 The Procedures of Using Individual Pictures in Teaching Writing
The teaching and learning English writing was not easy not only for the students but also for the teacher. Moreover, the teacher should use appropriate media
for teaching writing. In learning writing by using the media, it is important how to apply the media acceptable and appropriate with the material in the classroom.
Moreover, the use of instructional media can help the teacher provide information and make the students understand clearly the concept of language and to motivate the
students to be more creative in writing. According to Heinich et al. 2002:12, the effectiveness still depends on the teacher. To make the students enthusiastic and
interested in their first impression while writing activities, the teacher has to use various ways in how to use the pictures creatively.
In this research, the procedures of teaching writing by using individual
pictures were as follows; 1. The individual pictures were shown to the students.
2. The teacher gave some leading questions related to the individual pictures to
the students. 3. A list of useful vocabularies was given to the students.
4. The teacher gave the example of writing a descriptive paragraph based on the
individual picture. 5. The teacher explained about a descriptive paragraph.
6. The teacher asked the students to identify the generic structure of a descriptive
paragraph.
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7. The teacher asked the students to make groups of three students. 8. The teacher distributed the worksheet to the students.
9. The students generated the ideas in the sentences based on the pictures given
in groups.
10. The students were asked to write a descriptive paragraph based on the
individual picture. 11. The teacher asked the students to submit their writing work.
12. The teacher checked one of the students’work in front of the class. 13. The teacher reviewed the material by question and answer to conclude the
lesson.
Wright, 1989:70
2.9 Action Hypothesis
