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The important advantage is that the real things help the teacher to change the situations rapidly in oral drill, since the students goal in learning a new
language is to use the language for communication. Because of the difficulties faced by many of the students in learning
English, especially in writing a procedure text, the writer tries to use the real things to help and make students write the composition easily.
1.2 Reason for Choosing the Topic
The aim of English teaching at junior and senior high schools is to develop the four language skills: listening, speaking, reading and writing. In speaking as well
as in writing the students should use correct structure in English Depdiknas 2003 :6.
From the four skills stated above, the writer only focuses on the study of the use of the real things as media for teaching procedure writing. The writer uses
the real things to improve the students ability in writing. The reasons for choosing the topic are as follows:
1 Writing plays an important role, particularly in modern society. The needs
of writing English nowadays are very urgent. Today, most companies in almost any field require their applicants to be fluent in English both in
spoken and written. Moreover, they must write their application letters in English.
2 Real things can make the writing class interesting and enjoyable.
3 The real things as the media can be found in our environment easily.
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4 Real things can help the students associate with what they hear, feel, and see
in their real experience. So, it is hoped that teachers can get optimal result in teaching writing through real things as a media of teaching.
1.3 Statement of the Problem
The statements of the study are: 1
How effective is teaching writing of procedure text using the real things to the seventh grade of SMP Negeri 1 Randudongkal?
2 To what extent does the application of the real things improve the students
mastery of writing procedure text?
1.4 Objectives of the Study
The objectives of the study are: 1
To find out if there is any significant difference in the students’ writing ability before and after teaching writing procedure text by using real things.
2 To find out to what extent the application of the real things improves the
mastery of the seventh grade students of SMP Negeri I Randudongkal in writing procedure text.
1.5 Significance of the Study
The significance of the study are: 1
The result will be useful for the teachers to improve their teaching process
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and English teachers will be more creative in teaching writing. 2
By reading the results of the research, it is expected that the student can be more creative and they can express their ideas, thought, feelings as freely as
possible.
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The Outline of the Study
This study is divided into five chapters. The following are the outline of the study. Chapter I is the introduction which presents the general background of the
study, reason for choosing the topic, statement of the problem, the objectives of the study, significance of the study, and the outline of the study.
Chapter II is the review of related literature. In the second chapter the writer discusses the general concept of writing, the importance of writing,
characteristics of written language, types of writing, general concept of procedure writing, media, general knowledge of the real things, teaching writing procedure
texts using the real things, junior high school students, applications of real things as media in teaching writing of procedure text, action research.
Chapter III reviews of the method of investigation which consists of subject of the study, research variables, instrument of the study, research design,
data collection, method of analyzing data. Chapter IV is data analysis and interpretation; the writer makes data
analysis and interpretation. Chapter V consists of conclusions and suggestions.
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CHAPTER II REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE
In the second chapter , the writer would like to discuss 1 general concept of writing, 2 the importance of writing, 3 characteristics of written language, 4
types of writing, 5 general concept of procedure writing, 6 media, 7 general knowledge of the real things, 8 teaching writing procedure texts using real the
real things, 9 Junior high school students, 10 applications of real things as media in teaching writing of procedure writing, and 11 action research
2.1 General Concept of Writing
