Purposes of the Study Significance of the Study

1.11 Research Questions

Before stating my research hypotheses, I would like to present the problems of this study. The problems that this study uncover are as follows: 1 Does the use of One Stay Three Stay strategy significantly improve students‟ ability in writing hortatory exposition text? 2 How well does One Stay Three Stray strategy explore students‟ ideas in writing hortatory exposition text?

1.12 Hypotheses

There are two hypotheses in this study. The first hypothesis is the working hypothesis Ha. The w orking hypothesis of this study is that “One Stay Three Stray strategy is significant to improve students‟ ability in writing hortatory exposition text.” The second hypothesis is the null hypothesis Ho. The null hypothesis of this study is “One Stay Three Stray strategy is not significant to improve students‟ ability in writing hortatory exposition text.”

1.13 Purposes of the Study

The purposes of the study are: 1 to show if One Stay Three Stray strategy significantly improves students‟ ability in writing hortatory exposition text; 2 to describe how well One Stay Three Stray strategy explores students‟ ideas in writing hortatory exposition text.

1.14 Significance of the Study

The study is conducted to give some advantages in surrounding. Not only for me as a researcher, but also for everyone who needs a different way in teaching. The significances of the study are: 1 On the one hand, this study proves my curiosity whether or not applying cooperative learning, in this study One Stay Three Stray strategy, is really significant to be used as strategy in learning process, especially in improving students‟ writing ability that is hortatory exposition text. On the other hand, I also get some experiences from the study. After doing this study, I know that there are some problems in teaching-learning process which faced by English teachers. In the future, I can use my experiences to improve my teaching quality when I become a teacher; 2 The result of this research will be useful for English teachers to improve their teaching process. They are also expected to consider about using new methods and strategies in teaching English; therefore, it is hoped that they will be more creative in teaching hortatory exposition text after doing this study; 3 By the end of the study, students can recognize that learning English is not a boring activity because they know that there are many ways to learn this subject. Learning English can be something interesting and enjoying by applying new methods and strategies. Especially in learning hortatory exposition text by using One Stay Three Stray strategy, the students are expected to be more creative in exploring their ideas in writing hortatory exposition text; 4 I use this strategy to get information about the eleventh graders of SMA Negeri 1 Sukoharjo with respect to their ability to use One Stay Three Stray strategy as a good way to study English, especially in writing hortatory exposition text.

1.15 Limitation of the Study