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performances and their responses toward writing. Most of them agreed that writing was one of the four English basic skills that was difficult to master. From the information obtained in the observations and interviews with the English teacher, several problems were found related to the teaching and learning process of writing in SMPN 1 Pleret. One of the problems was the writing learning process did not work well. This happened because there were some factors that influenced the writing learning process. Those factors were the teaching technique, limited sources of learning, uninteresting activities and lack of practice. Besides those factors, students also were less motivated in the process of writing. Then, the English teacher and I decided to use Facebook group as one of the best solutions to those problems. Facebook group was chosen as one of the effective efforts used to deal with the students’ writing problems because it has many benefits in the teaching and learning process of writing. The first advantage of using Facebook group is that it makes the students writing motivation improved. By using Facebook as a learning medium, the students are more interested to write than the only write in the paper. It happens because every day the students use Facebook to communicate with hisher friends or only for entertaining them. Then using Facebook group in the teaching and learning process of writing also improves their critical thinking skills. By giving comments and feedback to other friends, the student can learn how to express their brave to give the opinion directly to other friends. In relation to the other benefits in writing, Facebook group can be used as a medium to practice English everywhere, every time along they have internet connection to access it. The students do not have enough time to practice their writing in the classroom because one of English class meeting is only available for a teacher to teach and deliver the main material. The students need a medium to do those activities and certainly they also want to be guided by their teacher. The last, Facebook group can be used to improve students’ language use and vocabulary because it can be designed into several activities i.e. vocabulary and grammar exercises. The activities encourage the students to improve their vocabulary and language use. To conclude, in this research study, I used Facebook group, handouts, group quiz, and rewards to be some effective actions to improve writing learning process.