Definition of writing Writing

10 since writing can also be considered as discovering process. The guidance from the teacher is necessary as the student has to walk through several steps in the writing process. Meanwhile, Harmer 2001:79 states that there are several important reasons why writing needs to be taught to the students. The reasons are including the reinforcement, language development, learning style, and writing as a skill. 1 Reinforcement Some language learners usually find the language in oral form. That means they are mostly exposed to the language learning orally. Yet, most of the language learners prefer the written from since they can benefit more from it. It is because written form provides them with the example of how the construction of letters, words, sentences, and paragraphs fits well. Besides that, the written form can help the language learners to memorize the language since the written display helps them to store more memories. The language learner usually benefits from writing sentences using new language after they have studied it. 11 2 Language development The ongoing learning experience requires a mental activity in constructing proper written texts. It means that writing can help them to be engaged in the ongoing language learning experience in order to improve their language mastery. Hence, writing plays the important role in developing the learner’s language. 3 Learning style Learners are unique. They have their own style and strategies to learn language. Many language learners find it easier to learn language if they can get more time to produce language. Therefore, writing can give advantages for such learners’ style of learning. Writing, since it is in written form, can give the slow learners more time to produce language. 4 Writing as a skill The most important reason is that writing is one of the four skills in English. The language learners should master this skill since they have to know how to write letter, reports, how to reply to the advertisement and so on. Moreover, they should be able to write through electronic media as the indicator of developed and modern language learners. Knowing how to write the special convention such as punctuation or paragraph construction is important as well as knowing how to pronounce the spoken English