In spite of the fact that there are some advantages of collaborative writing technique in the teaching and learning process. Collaborative writing technique
has some disadvantages as well. Firstly, the class is noisy. Collaborative writing involves some discussion
where the students talk about their idea and opinion. The discussion begins get louder and students are raising their voice. Consequently, the class is likely noise.
When students are working in groups, the teacher must keep their voices at a normal level. The teacher must be consistent in enforcing the noise levels that she
expects from the students. She must ensure that the noise does not get out of control. She sets reasonable limits if she or he wants students to learn how to
manage their own noise. Secondly, if the students are not matched up well i.e. high students
together, low students together, or a higher student with a low student but they do not work well together group work will not be valuable. The ability of the
students to work in this way needs to be taken into consideration since collaborative writing requires contributions of skills from each and every member
of the group. For that reason, the groups must be carefully selected to ensure students can work fruitfully.
B. Relevant Studies
There are several relevant studies related to the collaborative writing technique to improve students’ writing skills. One of the researchers who
conducted the research about collaborative writing technique is Supiani 2011. She implemented collaborative writing technique in order to improve students
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writing skills at SMPN1 Pelaihari, Tanah Laut Regency, South Kalimantan. She stated that the application of collaborative writing technique could improve
students’ writing skills. The result of her study explained that in the teaching writing process by applying collaborative writing technique gave significant
improvement to the students’ writing skills. The students became more active in the teaching and learning process. Besides, their motivation in learning English
increased as well. Another relevant study is the research conducted by Amrih 2012. The
researcher also investigated the implementation of collaborative writing technique in teaching writing through classroom action research. The subjects of the
research were junior high school students. The researcher conducted the research found that students writing skills was still far from being satisfactory especially in
writing recount texts. Based on the research she conducted, she found that collaborative writing technique could improve
students’ writing skills.
C. Conceptual Framework
Writing is the process of using symbols letters of the alphabet, punctuation and spaces to communicate thoughts and ideas in a readable form.
Writing plays an important role in the students’ language learning mastery and it contributes to their future professional careers and business goals.
Apart from the workplace, writing is essential in many other areas as well.
From the information obtained in the observations and interviews with the English teacher, the researcher found the problem related to the teaching and
learning process of writing that happens in SMP N 6 Magelang. Most of the
