Processes of Guided Writing

responses toward writing. They got difficulty in transferring their ideas into written language. They lacked vocabulary. They got difficulty in applying the grammatical rule. During the observation, the researcher found that students were less motivated in writing. They felt that writing was difficult. From those problems, the researcher and the English teacher of SMPN 6 Magelang decided to implement guided writing to improve students’ writing skills. There are many advantages of implementing guided writing in the teaching and learning process. In guided writing, they get more support and guidance from the teacher while doing writing activities. They get models or examples that show what they have to do in writing. Their vocabulary mastery are involved in the process of writing preparation so that they might build their self-confidence in composing writing. They also get language based exercises. It may enhance their grammatical awareness and sentence structure knowledge of a second language. To conclude, in this research study, the researcher implemented guided writing to improve students’ writing skills in terms of content, organization, vocabulary and sentence structure. Guided writing also improved students’ motivation. 26

CHAPTER III RESEARCH METHOD

A. Research Design

This was a classroom action research study, because the objective of this research is to improve students ’ writing skills. According to McMillan and Schumacher 2010:44 action research is as an approach implemented by academicians to make a change in teaching and learning practices and it is usually conducted collaboratively. In conducting the collaborative action research, the researcher, the English teacher and students worked collaboratively. The research was done collaboratively both in the reconnaissance step and in the implementation. Koshy 2005:9 states that action research is a set of step by step processes orienting better plant of views and understanding through reformation and modification. In conducting action research, there are some steps that have to be followed in order to improve students’ writing skills. The most common and popular steps in action research are proposed by Kemmis and McTaggart 1998 in Burns 2010:9. The steps are planning, action, observation and reflection.