principles of whole – brain creativity to writing for young readers, allowing you to tap your imagination more deeply and powerfully than you ever thought possible.
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Moreover, Heaton says; “An excellent device for providing both a purpose and content for writing is the use of pictures. A picture or series of pictures not only provides the taste with
the basic material for his composition but stimulates his imaginative power”
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On the other hand, a set of guided questions concerning the pictures will help students to get their ideas in writing. This argument is in line with Eric Gould’s idea, “A series of well
planned question applied methodically to a topic, can deepen your understanding of it and offer you interesting insight to write about”.
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Therefore, by using of guided question based on the topic given, the students will get their ideas and know what they want to write.
Based on the problems discussed previously, the writer intended to study more about “Using Pictures and Guided Questions in Teaching Descriptive Writing at the Odd Semester of
VIII Grade Students at SMPN 111 Jakarta”.
B. Statement of the Problem
Based on the background described above, the writer conducts a study concerning on Using Pictures and Guided Questions in Teaching Descriptive Writing at the Odd Semester of
VIII Grade Students at SMPN 111 Jakarta. The general question of this study is “How can picture and guided questions enhance the students’ writing ability?” This main question can be
formulated into more specific questions as follow: 1.
Do the English teachers at the VIII grade of SMPN 111 Jakarta fulfill the qualification? 2.
Is teaching preparation made by the English teacher in teaching descriptive writing at VIII grade of SMPN 111 Jakarta good or poor?
3. Does the teacher apply pictures and guided questions in teaching descriptive writing
optimally?
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J.B Heaton, Writing English Language Test, London: Longman, 1984, page. 133
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Eric Gould. The Act of Writing, New York: Random House Inc, 1989, Page. 119.
4. Does the teacher encounter some problems in using pictures and guided questions during
teaching learning descriptive writing? 5.
Is there the students’ improvement in learning descriptive writing?
C. Scopes and Limitation of the Study
The scope of this study focuses on teaching descriptive writing by using pictures and guided questions at SMPN 111 Jakarta. Teaching learning English at SMPN 111 Jakarta
includes many aspects, so it is out of question if the study has to cover them all. To make it deeper, the problems will be limited by some points: 1 The English teacher qualification at VIII
grade of SMPN 111 Jakarta 2 The teaching preparation made by English teacher in teaching descriptive writing at VIII grade of SMPN 111 Jakarta, 3 The application of using pictures and
guided questions done by the English teacher in teaching descriptive writing, 4 The problems encountered by the English teacher in using picture and guided questions during teaching
learning descriptive writing, and 5 The students’ improvement in learning descriptive writing.
D. The Objective of Study
