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get ideas, organize ideas in a good sequence, and use correct grammar. Besides, it is also expected that they will be more creative to find ideas based on the pictures.
Finally, the students are expected to love writing.
2. The Researcher
By conducting the research, the researcher is expected to be able to answer the problem formulated in this research. Besides, he is also expected to be
more creative in using media while teaching.
3. The English Teachers in SMA N 10 Yogyakarta
This research is also expected for the English teachers in SMA N 10 Yogyakarta to have good instruction media which is picture series to teach writing
a recount text. Furthermore, the teachers in SMA N 10 Yogyakarta can help their students write a recount text.
4. The Other Researchers
The other researchers in the same topic may use the results of this research as their research background or reference for the sake of better
improvement of a problem.
F. Definition of Terms
There are some terms used in this research that should be defined to avoid misunderstanding in meaning. They are:
1. Classroom Action Research
Elliott 1991 suggests that classroom action research CAR is a process through which teachers collaborate in evaluating their practice, try out new
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strategies, and record their work in a form that is understandable by other teachers. Carr and Kemmis 1986, as cited by Burns 1999: 30, add that action
research is simply a form of self-reflective enquiry done by participants whose aim is to improve the rationality and justice of their own practices, their
understanding of these practices and the situations in which the practices are carried out. In this research, the classroom action research is a research to
overcome a problem after doing some action and reflection.
2. Writing
Harmer 1991 argues that writing is a productive skill which requires students to produce or make a written form of language. It means that the students
will produce something that can be read as the expression of their thought. In this research, the participants will produce recount texts which are written based on
picture series.
3. Picture
According to Heinich 1982, pictures are photographic, representative of people, places, and things are available in most subject areas and levels from
kindergarten to adults.
4. Picture Series
According to Setiawaty 2003, “picture series are series of three or nine pictures”. Breitkreuz 1967, as cited by Setiawaty 2003, argues that picture
series normally depict logical or continuous actions, situations, and thoughts and are arranged in a row coming one after another. In this research, the researcher
will use picture series which consist of four pictures for the joint construction of
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the text stage and use picture series which consist of eight pictures for the independent construction of the text stage.
5. Recount
The Board of Studies New South Wales 1994, as cited by Mulya 2007: 3, explains that recount means a series of events that is written or spoken in the
time order in which it occurs and it has specific generic structure and grammatical features to differ recount from other texts. In this study, recount refers to written
text. According to Doyle, Christine, and Lawrence 2004, there are three types of recount text. They are personal, factual, and historical recount. This research
would like to focus on personal and factual recount. In personal recount, the writer is personally involved. Meanwhile, factual recount is that a recount text which
records the circumstances of a particular event in which the speaker or writer might or might not have been involved. Here, the circumstances of an event are
taken from the picture series. The students can write either personal or factual recount.
6. XB Students in SMA N 10 Yogyakarta
