Furthermore, the writing skill has small portion in the teaching learning process. The most taught skill is reading. So, the students had less practice in
writing.
C. Limitation of the Problem
From the identification of the problems that occured in class VIII C of SMP N 2 Sanden above, it can be seen that there were many problems related to the
students’ achievement in learning writing. So, it is impossible to solve all the problems. Therefore, this research limited the problems in the media used to
improve students’ ability in writing. The media used were short animated stories. The writing products were limited in the narrative texts. The limitation was based
on the discussion between the researcher and the English teacher of the class, because writing was the most difficult in English lesson, especially writing
narrative texts.
D. Formulation of the Problem
Based on the background and identification of the problem, the writer would like to formulate the problem in this paper as follows:
“How can short animated stories impr
ove students’ ability in writing narrative texts at class VIII C of SMP N 2 Sanden in the academic year of 20132014?
”
E. Objectives of the Study
Based on the formulation of the problem above, this study was aimed at improving
students’ ability in writing narrative texts using short animated stories at class VIII C of SMP N 2 Sanden Bantul in the academic year of 20132014.
F. Significance of the Research Findings
1. For students, this study was expected to be a motivation to improve their
ability in writing narrative texts. Besides, the teacher implementation of this study can ease them in writing narrative texts, so that their ability in writing
will be improved.
2. For teachers, this study is expected to be one input to improve their teaching
strategies especially in teaching writing.
3. For the researcher, this study is expected to be a great experience to face the
future when she becomes a real teacher.
4. For other researchers, this study is expected to be one of references for
relevant researches.
CHAPTER II LITERATURE REVIEW AND CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK
A. Literature Review
1. Writing Skill
a. The Nature of Writing
According to Nystrand 1989: 75, writing is a matter of elaborating text in accordance with what the writer can reasonably
assume that the reader knows and expects. It means that writing is an activity to share information which is understandable for the readers.
So, the writer should be able to communicate to the readers through his sentences. Meanwhile, Randal 2004: 160 states that writing is an
ability to make a form of words that in general it may have a higher truth value than the fact that it has set it down. It means that the
product of writing should be truly acceptable by the readers. Besides, it must contain meaningful values so that the readers can get the
benefits from the writing. Furthermore, Sudaryanto 2001: 64 says that writing skill is a
person’s ability to express hisher mind and feeling which is expressed in a written language, in graphic symbols so that the readers are able
to understand the message inside. From the statement, it can be said that writing is a skill where the writer can set his idea down in the
form of words, sentences, and paragraphs which are easy to understand for the readers. In line with this opinion, Tarigan 1992:
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