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6. Photographs Help in Teaching New Vocabulary and Grammar
Siti 2012 elaborates that the benefits of the implementation of pictures in teaching writing could:
1 improve the students’ writing skills in four aspects of writing skills that include content, vocabulary, language use and organization, 2
improve the students’ motivation in teaching and learning process of writing, and
3 maximize the teaching and learning process of writing p. 113 According to Wright 1989, the crateria should be considered is 5
Photographs should have sufficient amount of language. It means that the photographs should give rise to a sufficient amount of language in the language
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CHAPTER III
CONCLUSIONS
In this chapter, the writer provides the conclusions of the study.
A. Conclusions
Based on the analysis, several things could be concluded. First, photographs were very helpful in teaching writing news item text. It helped the
students to improve their writing skill. Teaching using photographs was a technique that provided solutions to support students with better learning
atmosphere. Second, using photographs made writing fun for students; especially in the process of their writing. Third, using photograph as media surely helped to
attract student s’ attention and encourage their motivation in learning. When the
students were motivated, ideas might come up in their minds and they were able to write easily. Fourth, using photographs in language teaching or for educational
purposes meant helping the teacher in supporting or providing teaching material. Fifth, photographs were the cheapest, the simplest, and the most practical aid that
could be used successfully in teaching language. Photographs had a great value because they looked like the real thing and made word description more
meaningful. Photographs could be used in basic language drill. Sixth, photographs helped the teacher in teaching new vocabulary and grammar as well as provided
the students the basic material for their composition, thus photographs gave the
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