Technique and Media in Teaching Writing Recount Definition of Fieldtrip

Table 2.1 Standard Competence of Writing Standard competence Basic competence

12. Writing

Conveying meaning in the form of written short functional text and short simple essay in the form of recount and narrative to interact with surrounding Conveying meaning in the form of written simple short and functional text using written language accurately, fluently and acceptable to interact with surrounding environment. Conveying meaning and rhetorical step on simple short essay using written language accurately, fluently and acceptable to interact with surrounding environment in the form of recount and narrative. In the implementation, those standard competence and basic competence further be elaborated in the syllabus and lesson plan as the concrete realization. In constructing and planning the lesson, teachers may use various technique and media to teach writing recount as an aim to improve students ‟ writing skill.

2.5.1 Technique and Media in Teaching Writing Recount

There are various techniques and media can be applied in teaching writing recount. Many researchers develop and combine them into new sets of language learning in purpose to improve students‟ achievement. Those technique and media are such as writing diary, writing letter, using picture, applying literacy approach, and the most popular recently, and cooperative learning stages as recommended by Kagan. Judith A. Langer 2000:3 as quoted by Suraya 2011:12 mentions six features of effective instruction in teaching middle and high school students to read and write well, they are: 1 students learn skill and knowledge in multiple lesson types; 2 teachers integrate test preparation into instruction; 3 teachers make connections across instruction, curriculum, and life; 4 students learn strategies for doing the work, 5 students are expected to be generative thinkers; 6 classrooms foster cognitive collaboration. Coming after contemplating and referring to those and many considerations, I was interested in conducting fieldtrip as the medium to teach writing recount text. Those things can be the consideration for me as a researcher to develop a set of activity in teaching writing recount text by using fieldtrip as the media to enclose students to the context in which their writing will be about. And of course, doing fieldtrip enables students to learn by experiencing. Therefore, here I briefly present more about fieldtrip.

2.5.2 Definition of Fieldtrip

Fieldtrip in broad sense means journey or excursion conducted as a medium of learning. According to Hornby 1995:432 on Oxford Advance Learner’s Dictionary, fieldtrip means a journey made by a group of people in order to study something in a practical way. Roestiyah 2001:85, emphasizes that fieldtrip is not merely a recreation, but it is an activity to learn and dig deeper a subject through the real world. The same opinion also comes from Sagala 2006:214, fieldtrip is an excursion conducted by students to completing the particular learning experience as the integrated part of curriculum. From those above definitions, a conclusion can be wrapped up is that the main aim of conducting fieldtrip is learning by experiencing.

2.5.3 Fieldtrip as a Medium of Teaching