Definitions of Writing Writing

first drafts, using paraphrases and synonyms, soliciting peer and instructor feedback, and using feedback for revising and editing. In conclusion, it can be said that the earlier micro skills tend to describe about the writing mechanic and at the level of word, such as cohesive devices, past verb, etc. On the other hand, the macro skills covered wider areas of writing, such as the form and the communicative purpose of a written text, main idea and supporting idea, the literal and implied meaning writing, etc. Therefore, based on the micro skills and macro skills that have been determined, the writing activity and process should include them as well as employ writing strategies needed by the students. It aims to help the students constructing the idea effectively and making them easier to make various kinds of texts. To make a teacher more focused in teaching writing, heshe must consider the micro and macro skills of writing, but heshe also should pay attention to the micro and macro skills that are needed especially for the level of hisher students. For junior high school students, the teacher can refer to the contents of National Examination of SMPMTs 20132014 as a consideration in teaching writing. According to Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan 2013, those macro and micro skills of writing for junior high school students are shown in the Table 1. Table 1: The Contents of National Examination of SMPMTs 20132014 Number Competence Indicator 2. Expressing the meaning in writing of short functional text and simple essays in the form of descriptive descriptive, Determining the correct word to fill the incomplete sentence in the form of simple procedure or report and narrative narrative and recount in the daily lives context. recountnarrative. Determining the correct word to fill the incomplete sentence in the form of simple descriptiveprocedure. Determining the correct word order to make the meaningful sentence. Determining the correct word order to make the coherent and meaningful paragraph.

c. The Characteristics of Written Language

To make a good writing, it needs some criteria. Briefly, from our experiences in the education field, a good writing means writing that contains no bad mistakes which are no errors of grammar, punctuation, or spelling. In addition, Hyland 2003:5-6 mentions some criteria of good writing. 1 Accuracy and clear exposition. Both of them are the main criteria of good writing. 2 The actual communicative content, the thing that must be considered after accuracy and clear exposition. 3 Syntactic complexity and grammatical accuracy, one of the best measures of good writing. Meanwhile, White 1986:7-9 explains deeply about the characteristics of a good writing. He proposes four characteristics of a good writing. They are: