for the eighth graders of State Junior High School 2 Semarang in the academic year of 20142015.
1.2 Reasons for Choosing the Topic
Based on the background above, the researcher chooses the topic because of this following reasons:
1. Writing is one of the basic skills of English that has to be mastered by the
students. However, the teachers still face difficulties in teaching writing. They still use conventional strategy, which is boring for the students. The teachers
should apply interesting and effective strategy in teaching writing. 2.
Recount text is one of the text genres that has to be mastered by the eighth graders students of junior high school as stated in the syllabus of curriculum
2013. 3.
PWIM is an interesting strategy combining picture and word that offers some ease to the students. This strategy can facilitate the students to brainstorm
what they will write. It also makes their idea still exist in their mind, so, the paragraphs can relate cohesively. The strategy also helps students to increase
their vocabulary mastery.
1.3 Research Problems
Based on the background above, the researcher in this study formulates the problem as follows:
1. What is the problem faced by students of eighth grade in writing recount text?
2. How is the proposed strategy implemented in this study?
3. How does Picture Word Inductive Model PWIM strategy improve the
students‟ writing skill of recount text?
1.4 Objectives of the Study
Based on the research problems above, the purposes of this study are:
1. To find out the problem faced by the students of eighth grade in writing
recount text 2.
To explain the implementation of proposed strategy in this study. 3.
To explain how Picture Word Inductive Model PWIM strategy improves the students‟ writing skill of recount text.
1.5 Significance of the Study
Related to the objectives, hopefully this study will give advantages for English
teaching and learning.
Theoretically, this study is expected to be able to develop previous studies and give contribution to the education in Indonesia.
Pedagogically, this study will provide English teachers with a new understanding about the PWIM strategy to teach students in writing recount texts
to the eighth grade students of junior high school. So, the teachers‟ and students‟
problems in the classroom can be solved. Practically, this study can be implemented by English teachers in the
English teaching and learning process in order to improve the students ‟ writing
ability especially writing recount text and facilitate them to get effective learning in writing recount text and improve their writing skill.
In addition, the result of this study will be a useful knowledge for the researcher that can be applied to teach the students in the future.
1.6 Outline of the Report
