Therefore, the majority of them 68 would like to have photographs in the next writing assignment. Based on the result of questionnaire presented before, it was proved
that the use of photographs could enhance the students‟ writing performance. This action also could improve the students‟ interest and preference in doing writing
activities.
D. General Findings
Regarding to the findings of cycle II, all actions were successful in enhancing the students‟ writing performance and the objective of the research was achieved the
English teacher and I agreed to end the research in Cycle II. The research findings in enhancing students‟ writing performance by using photographs supported by some
actions in grade VII F of SMP N 4 Magelang were concluded as follows: 1.
Using photographs were successful to enhance students‟ writing performance. The photographs
helped the students to develop and to write their ideas. The students found it easier to write with photographs as the clue. They knew what to write and
they could develop their own ideas in their works. 2.
The students were excited when they were asked to observe what things in the photographs. Moreover, they did not only observe and find the words but also
used these words when they wrote. By using the words, students could use their creativity more in using the words in their contexts and it made them memorize
the words easily. 3.
Photographs provided detail in information so the students were assisted in arranging the sentence according to the information that they had observed and
learnt from the given photographs. They could develop sentences by using their own words. They became more aware of the use of tenses in descriptive texts.
4. The students became more confidence and independent when they wrote. The
frequencies of students‟ questions when they wrote were decreased. 5.
Eventually, the students‟ writing performance was also improved. It was clearly shown by their final writing products which were much better than the pre-test.
Their scores and their main scores were also significantly improved. 6.
Using the photographs made th e students‟ attention decreasing. They liked
enthusiastic joining the class. 7.
Giving more feedback written even oral to the students related to their writing performance in the personal consultation session could enhance the students‟
