REVIEW OF THE RELATED STUDIES

39 Figure 4. Conceptual Framework Target of curriculum: English communicative skills Character building Problems: Students tend to get bored easily. Students are slow learners. Students have low motivation in learning English. Teaching media is rarely used. Teaching techniques are not varied. A few problematic students who did not respect the teacher. Genre-Based Approach: Giving tasks starting from easy to difficult the scaffolding concept to give students a sense of achievement everytime they finish a simple task so that they get motivated to learn more. Using English games to make learning fun; the games that include vocabulary mastery and aspects of writing skills. Using visual media. Implementing the Genre-Based Approach, as it offers various techniques for classroom learning from assisted group works to individual works. Giving more attention to the problematic students. 40

CHAPTER III RESEARCH METHOD

This research was aimed to improve the writing skill of the seventh grade students of SMP Institut Indonesia through the implementation of Genre-Based Approach. This chapter highlights the research setting, type of research, data collection techniques, research validity, and data analysis.

A. Research Setting

The research was carried out in SMP Institut Indonesia through May-June 2015. The school is located in Special Region of Yogyakarta, Indonesia. The school has five classrooms two classrooms for each grade 7 and 8, and 1 classroom for grade 9, a library, a science laboratory, a multi-purpose room, an OSIS room, a counseling room, a teacher room, a head master room, a canteen, a ceremony field, a basketball field, and a garden. There are also two parking lots one for the teachers and one for the students. Adjacent to the school, there are some local amenities i.e. a traditional market, movie theater, RRI Office, hotels, restaurants, etc. In relation to teaching and learning of English, the presence of public amenities can be linked to the