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CHAPTER I
INTRODUCTION
Chapter one discusses background of the study, reason for choosing the topic, statements of the problems, objectives of the study, significance of the study,
limitation of the study and outline of the study.
1.1. BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
As stated in School Based Curriculum 2006:36, “the purposes of English
language t eaching are to develop students‟ competence in spoken and written
communication, and to reach the informational literacy level. ” The scope of
English for Senior High School covers skills that are listening, speaking, reading and writing, and those four skills have to be supported by language component
such as phonology, grammar and vocabulary. Each of the language skills has a relationship with each other. In order to master writing, for example, students also
should master three other skills. It means that English teachers should teach all of the skills.
Writing, as one of the four skills has given an important contribution to human life. Nilson 1984:34 says that
“writing skill is a skill which has been developed in civilized society to pass on knowledge or messages.
” Realizing that writing is very important for English learners, it is essential for the learners to
develop their writing skill in English. Unfortunately, “writing skill is complex and
full of concepts of writing and judgment ” Heaton, 1975:138.
2 The importance of writing can be seen in people daily activities when they
need to write short text such as memos, invitation letters, sympathy notes, brochures, articles, business letters, application letters and many others. Most of
them always feel difficult when they asked to write them. They know the concept but less knowledge of good structure and the use of appropriate sentence.
Accor ding to Oxford Advanced Learner‟s Dictionary, development means
the action or process of developing or being developed. Developing means trying to have more advanced in all field, for me developing here means that I must try
to advance all materials especially in writing to improve the students ‟ ability.
If the students learn English at school, they usually used some books that relevant with the curriculum. Longman Dictionary of Language Teaching and
Applied Linguistics states that material in language teaching is anything, which can be used by teachers or learners to facilitate the learning of a language.
Materials may be linguistic, visual, auditory, or kinesthetic and they may be presented in print, audio or video form, on CD-ROMS, on the internet or through
live performance or display. Inside of the material we must arrange the model to make it perfect. We can say that model like a plan, pattern or something that
designed to show the main object of something such as a concept or a system. Multimedia material is one of effective way media that can be used in
teaching learning English. Multimedia can combine text, graphic, animation, voice and video. The information from this multimedia organized as life
document that can be projected by overhead projector, and hear the sound, see the
gestures video or animation. The use of Indonesia Now video as a medium is to improve students‟ mastery in writing analytical exposition text. By using
multimedia material that combine text, graphics, sounds and gestures, the students can get information about the material in enjoyable, interesting, and easy to
understand and clear way. The information obtained from Indonesia Now can facilitate the students to analyze and provide arguments in accordance with the
video. They can use it as data to make written analytical exposition text easily.
1.2. Reasons for Choosing the Topic
