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Events In the morning, my friend and I saw Mount Batok. The scenery was very
beautiful. We rode on horseback. It was scary, but it was fun. Then, we went to get a closer look at the mountain. We took pictures of the beautiful scenery
there. After that, we took a rest and had lunch under a big tree. Before we got home, we went to the zoo at Wonokromo. We went home in the afternoon.
Re-orientation We were very tired. However, I think it was really fun to have a holiday.
2.6 The Use of Pictures in Teaching Learning Process
2.6.1 Pictures in English Language Teaching Pictures can be defined as the representatives of people’s imagination in
the form of drawing, photograph, painting, and so on Raimes 1983:27. Picture also has many purposes such as for entertainment, social or economic purposes.
Besides, picture can be used for educational purposes. Picture can be interesting media for teaching learning process. In the teaching learning process, media are
important to motivate the students. It is supported byWright 1989:17 who states that
“pictures can motivate the students and make them want to pay attention and to take a part in the lesson
”. By using pictures, the teachers can get the students’ attention easily and it will make the classroom activity more effective. Therefore
the use of picture is important to motivate and also gain the students’ attention in learning foreign language, especially in writing.
Picture plays an important role in English language teaching learning process. Picture gives large information and it makes the students be able to
express their idea easily.Wright 1989:22 says that “the function of pictures is to motivate the learner and to remind him or her what
to say”. It is supported by Raimes 1983:27 she says that picture provides a stimulating focus for students’
attention. Therefore,the use of picture does not only give motivation but also stimulation to the studentsin learning English.
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2.6.2 The Advantages of Using Pictures The use of pictures in the teaching learning process is functional and
meaningful because it creates the students’ interest and motivation. It is stated by Wright 1989: 10, “pictures can play a key role in motivating students,
contextualizing the language they are using, giving them a reference and helping to discipline the activity”. It means that the use of picture can help the students
improve their writing achievement. Munadi 2008 states that pictures make it easy for people to catch ideas or deliver the information clearly. Therefore, the
use of pictures not only improves the students’ writing achievement butalso makes the people easy to understand the ideas given by the others.
Wright 1989:17 explains that there are some advantages of using composite pictures as teaching media. They are as follows:
1. Pictures can motivate the students and make him or her want to pay attention and want to take part.
2. Pictures contribute to the context in which the language is being used. They bring the world into the classroom.
3. The pictures can be described in an objective way This is a train or interpreted It’s probably a local train or responded to subjectively I like
travelling by train. 4. Pictures can cue responses to questions or cue substitutions through controlled
practice. 5. Pictures can stimulate and provide information to be referred to in
conversation, discussion and storytelling. According to Raimes 1983:27-28, there are some advantages of using
pictures in the classroom. They are stated as follows: 1. Pictures provide a shared experience for students in the classroom.
2. The use of pictures in the classroom stimulates the students’ attention.
3. Pictures bring the outside world into the classroom in a vivid and concrete way.
4. Pictures generate interest for students in the classroom. 5. Pictures broaden the imagination to visualize and be creative.
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6. Pictures stimulate students to make inferences, predictions, and suppositions about the world beyond the picture and the classroom.
7. Pictures are useful to generate vocabulary and a number of ideas. Based on the explanation above, we know that the use of pictures has many
advantages in the teaching learning process. It is effective media that can be used in teaching writing. In this case, it is expected that the use of pictures will give a
good contribution to the students’ writing achievement especially in writing a recount paragraph.
2.7 Types of Pictures
