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the teacher explained the materials. Some of them often talked to their friends. The rests also did not pay attention when the teacher asked their friends to read the text and answer the correct vocabulary. This situation brought them into a passive condition. Therefore, the students’ involvement during the teaching and learning process needed to be improved. To strengthen the findings, the researcher also held interviews with both the students and the teacher. By interviewing the English teacher, she identified the problems that supported the early condition above. The following interview transcript shows the similar condition in the vignette. P : Bagaimana kemampuan bahasa Inggris siswa secara keseluruhan Bu? How are the students’ skills of English in general, Ma’am? G : Jujur saja kalau disini itu anak- anaknya masih low ya mbak. Apalagi yang kelas XII IPA1 ini cukup ramai dibanding dengan kelas IPA satunya. Mereka sering mengobrol sendiri dengan temannya saat pelajaran berlangsung. Kadang kalau disuruh mengerjakan mereka hanya njagake jawaban temannya. Honestly, the students’ skills are still low, especially for Grade XII Science1 students who are quite noisy than the students from the other science class. They often talk to their classmates during the lesson. When they are asked to do the task, sometimes they look at their friend’s works. P : Bagaimana pembelajaran menulis di kelas Bu? How the teaching and learning writing in class, Ma’am? G : Saya cuman ambil materi dari LKS mbak, sebagai tambahan mungkin cuma dari buku yang ada di perpustakaan. Kalau menulis itu, biasanya anak saya suruh menjawab pertanyaan dengan kalimat lengkap dari bacaan. Kalau saya suruh menulis itu ya sulit sih mbak ngajarinnya. I just take the materials from LKS or English book in the library. In the writing class, the students are asked to answer the questions from text. I find difficulties to teach the students if they are asked to compose a text. P : Jika dalam menulis, siswa masih ada kesulitan atau tidak ya Bu? In writing, do the students still find anydifficulties? G : Iya mbak, memang untuk kemampuan menulis, rata-rata siswa di sekolah ini masih mengalami kesulitan. Yes, they do. The students in this school still find some problems in writing. P : Berdasarkan pengalaman Ibu, sekiranya apa ya Bu penyebabnya? Based on your experience, what are the causes? G : Kalau menurut saya sih minat mereka dalam menulis itu kurang. Mereka pada umumnya juga kesulitan dalam vocabulary dan tenses gitu. Terus mereka juga kurang media sih ya Mbak. Paling sering kalau guru di sini ya pakai LKS Mbak. Jarang bisa menyiapkan media seperti gambar atau video atau music gitu. Hehee. Lalu mereka juga seperti bingung mau nulis apa. Bahkan tanda baca yang sederhana saja mereka juga masih suka salah. In my opinion, they have less motivation in writing. They also have problems in vocabulary and tenses. In addition, they do not get any interesting media. The teachers here usually use the book only. They don’t have enough time to prepare media like pictures, video, or music. Hehee. They also do not have ideas to write. They even have problems in using simple punctuation marks. P : Lalu kalau proses siswa dalam belajar writing sejauh ini bagaimana Ibu How about the students’ process in learning writing, Ma’am? G : Masih banyak yang harus dibenahi Mbak. Ketika writing siswa terlihat malas-malasan. Kan kalau menulis itu mereka harus mikir begitu kan ya, berbeda dengan skill yang lain. Mereka terlihat lebih antusias. It still needs to be improved. When writing, students seem not interested because they have to think when they write something. It is different from other skills. They seem more enthusiastic. Teacher- Interview 1, September 27 th , 2012 The following transcript shows the conversation between one of the students and the researcher. The transcript shows that the students still had difficulties in choosing appropriate words, using the correct tenses and generating and organizing the idea. P : Apa kesulitan Adik dalam menulis? What are the difficulties in writing? S3 : Semuanya hehe. Ehm.. di kata kerjanya gitu. Everything hehe. Ehm the verb. P : Oh ya, di penggunaan tensenya ya? Really? In the use of tense, right? S3 : Iya. Yes. P : Kalo kosakatanya gimana? How about the vocabulary? S3 : Kosakatanya juga sulit. The vocabulary is also difficult.