Formulation of the Problem

style which is appropriate to the subject matter and the eventual readers. 2 It can be said that writing is definitely different with speaking. A writer is unable to exploit all the devices available to a speaker such as: gesture, body movement, facial expression, pitch tone of voice, stress, and hesitations. In contrast, a speaker can clarify and revise ideas as listeners question or disagree directly while a writer cannot. From Tangpermpoon‟s opinion, writing is known as the most complicated skill to master for language learners because they need to have several background knowledge of L2 about the rhetorical organizations, proper language use or specific lexicon with which they want to deliver to their readers. 3 When students write, they need to have some thoughts or ideas in their head to be expressed in their writing and it takes some times. From that definition, it can be concluded that writing is a quite difficult skill to master for language learners. From all definitions above, it shows that writing is a way for a person to show their personal thoughts about something, someone, or any other ideas. Not only that but also it can be as a way to communicate with others if the writer shares their writing to someone else or public. By writing, someone can enhance their thinking skill because writing needs well-organized ideas to make it interesting to read by the readers. Everyone can learn to write because writing is a skill not a natural gift.

2. Teaching Writing Approaches

There are three main approaches according to Tangpermpoon, they are: 4 a. Product-Based Approaches Basically, writing in product-based approaches has served to reinforce L2 writing in terms of grammatical and syntactical forms. Writing in the product-based 2 Tricia Hedge, Resource Book for Teachers: Writing, New York: Oxford University Press, 1998, p. 5. 3 Thanatkun Tangpermpoon, “Integrated Approaches to Improve Students Writing Skills for English Major Students”, ABAC Journal 28, No. 22008, p.1. 4 Ibid, p. 6.