Thinking aloud helps to make our thoughts more conscious. It also enables others to learn not just from our answers, but also from the process by which we arrive at
those answers.” Therefore, pairs check may be a good technique to improve students’ writing skill.
One of text types which is taught in the eleventh grade of Senior High School is analytical exposition. In learning this material, students sometimes find
difficulties in understanding the requirements of analytical exposition. They sometimes find difficulty in understanding the generic structure and
lexicogrammatical features of analytical exposition. Therefore, the teacher needs to find a good method to teach analytical exposition. In this case, pairs check
activity will be good to help students in creating an analytical exposition.
1.2 Reasons for Choosing the Topic
The reasons why I choose the topic are: 1 Most students find difficulties to convey their idea in English written form.
They think hard about how to write something which can be understood by the readers. Pairs check activity will help them to avoid or at least decrease their
incorrect writing. 2 Pairs check activity brings up student to be mutual assistance to another
student. It leads students to help each other because actually they themselves also need others’ help.
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4 By working such an activity, students will be able to make connection with others so that they can overcome emotional feelings of separation and fear of
failure. Moreover, it will let the students help each other omit inaccurate and subjective impression about their work.
1.3 Statements of the Problem
The problems that will be discussed in this study are: 1 How is pairs check activity applied in teaching written analytical exposition?
2 Is teaching analytical exposition using pairs check activity effective to improve students’ writing skill?
1.4 Objectives of the Study
The main objectives of this research are: 1 to describe the application of pairs check activity in teaching written analytical
exposition, 2 to investigate whether or not the use of pairs check activity in teaching
analytical exposition is effective to improve students’ writing skill.
1.5 Statements of Hypothesis
Based on the statements of the problem above, I would like to formulate the hypothesis as follows:
1 Working Hypothesis Ha Senior high school students who are taught by using pairs check activity
gain significantly better mastery on English writing skill on analytical exposition than students who are taught without using pairs check activity.
2 Null Hypothesis Ho Senior high school students who are taught by using pairs check activity
do not gain significantly better mastery of English writing skill on analytical exposition than students who are taught without using pairs check activity.
1.6 Significance of the Study
