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learning approach because it can be applied for any age group. It means that inquiry-based learning can be used to teach writing from young
learners to older ones. The last, inquiry-based learning has some benefits for students and teachers. The benefits for some students are: first, they
become more confident. They become confident because they can answer the questions from the teacher by exploring their own meaning and their
own ideas based on the investigating, discussing, and sharing with the team. Second, they develop their socialization. It happens since inquiry is
the teaching and learning process which needs team work skill. The last, they can express their ideas freely based on the investigation result. It also
provides some benefits for teacher, one of the benefits is they will be creative teachers because they make a teaching and learning process not
monotonous. The teacher role is as facilitator to help the students who find difficulties in the process of teaching and learning and they who need
suggestion from their teacher. By using inquiry activity, the students will solve the question by
investigating the object or the resources. Then, they discuss their ideas to reach the final answer together. Through this kind of activity, students will
have high motivation to learn. It makes students more confident in doing their work in the writing class. The use of inquiry-based learning strategy
in the writing teaching and learning process is expected to improve the students’ writing skill so that the students get a good score in the writing
test.
In contrast with the statements above, the students of the class in which the inquiry-based learning is not applied they need more
explanation of the material. They answer the question given from the teacher by individually without any discussion. In this learning process,
students do their work by following the directionfrom the book. In this case, not all students have high motivation because the activities are
monotonous. The monotonous teaching and learning process sometimes makes students bored so that the improvement of their writing skill is
rather low. Based on the discussion above, the strategy that is good
recommended for teaching and learning process of writing is inquiry– based learning. Moreover, inquiry–based learning offers some benefits for
teachers, students, and teaching and learning process. The researcher expects that this strategy makes the learning process of writing effective
and it helps the students to improve their writing skill.