very important 14 RESEARCH FINDINGS AND DISCUSSION

was quite interesting but it was less sufficient to fulfil the students’ need of writing activity. Based on the table above, there were 40 students stated that the English writing textbook was quite interesting whereas there were also 40 students assumed that the writing activity was less interesting. Moreover, most of the students chose “c” which is considered that the learning writing activities in the classroom were improving their writing ability. However, the writing activities in the textbook was less sufficient. To make the students more interested in learning writing, the materials were related to the other media such as picture. It can be seen in the table that 48 of the students assumed that picture was important in learning writing.The use of picture in the textbook presentation affected the students’ interest in learning writing because they assumed that the picture was important aspect to gain their interest. 6 Lacks Table 4.7 : The Result of Questionnaire Number 11 No. Question Item N 11. What are the difficulties factor in learning writing?

A. comprehend

the grammar 17 37 B. comprehend the vocabulary 10 22 C. decide the topic 8 17 D. develop the ideas 11 24 This question was aimed to find out the students’ difficulties in learning writing. There were 17 students who chose “a” which meant that the difficulty factor of learning writing was comprehending the grammar. Some of the students assumed that comprehending the grammar was the difficult aspect of improving their writing skill. In this question, the students can choose more than one answer. 7 Needs Table 4.8 : The Result of Questionnaire Number 10 No. Question Item N 10. In your opinion, do you need an additional writing materials beside the currently English textbook in improving the writing ability?

A. very need the additional writing

materials 17 68 B. need the additional writing materials 8 32 C. not need the additional writing materials D. not very need the additional writing materials According to the result of the data above, the students expectation of learning writing skill was to be able to write an English text correctly in their daily life. In improving the students writing ability, most of students assumed that the additional writing materials were really needed. It can be seen that 68 of students chose “a” in the question number 10. In the learning writing activity,10 students wanted to write a text based on the picture or the story.