Observation and Identification of the Problems
50 ET :
“Kalau skill, semua skill masih kurang, mba. Tapi kalau yang paling dikuasai sejauh ini speaking skill mba, setidaknya mereka sudah mau
maju ke depan untuk berbicara atau menjawab pertanyaan dalam Bahasa Inggris seperti yang mba Murni lihat tadi. Kalau yang terlemah,
saya rasa writing skill mereka masih kurang sekali karena mereka itu malas untuk menulis. Vocab dan grammar-nya juga mereka masih sangat
kurang sekali.” The students are still weak in all skills. So far, they are strong in speaking skill. They at least can use English to speak and
answer the question in front of the class, like what you have seen. Talking of the weakest skill, I think writing skill is the weakest skill for them
since they feel reluctant to write. They also lack in vocabulary and grammar.
Interview Transcript127-09-2014 The students themselves also stated that the most difficult skill was writing skill.
They found it difficult to find and generate their ideas. Some of them also had difficulties in grammar.
4: 02 R :
“Dari 4 skill Bahasa Inggris, listening, speaking, reading sama writing, mana yang menurut kamu paling susah?” From 4 English skills;
listening, speaking, reading, and writing, which one do you think is the most difficult?
S :
“Paling susah writing, Miss.” The most difficult one is writing skill, Miss.
R : “Kenapa writing? Bagian apa yang susah dari writing?” Why? Which
part do you think is the most difficult? S :
“Bagian kata kerjanya itu loh, Miss. Kadang-kadang aku ga hapal tenses-
nya.” The verb part, Miss. Sometimes I cannot remember the tenses.
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R : “Emm, terus kalo gitu dari 4 skill Bahasa Inggris mana yang paling sulit
kamu kuasai?” Then, from 4 English skills, which one do you think is the most difficult to learn?
S1 :
“Ya itu yang writing yang paling susah, hehe.” I think writing skill is the most difficult, hehe.
R : “Bagian apa yang susah menurut kamu susah dari writing?” Which part
of writing do you think the most difficult? S1 :
“Aku males aja kalo nulis, ga tau harus nulis apa gitu, Miss. Apa lagi kalo udah pake verb 2, sering bingung
hehe.” I just feel reluctant to write. I do not know what to write, Miss.
Moreover, if I have to use verb 2, it is confusing for me, hehe.
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51 The students also liked interesting media that could raise their motivation and help
them in learning. During the interview some students said that they liked to use pictures as the media in learning writing. Their responses can be seen in the
interview transcript below. 4: 03
R : “Media apa yang kamu suka untuk belajar writing?” What media do you
like for learning writing? S1 :
“Gambar, Miss. Kan biar menarik, ga bosen Cuma tulisan-tulisan aja.”
Picture, Miss. It is interesting. It will be boring if we only use written media.
Interview Transcript1627-09-2014 4: 04
R : “Ohh, gitu. Lalu media apa yang paling kamu sukai untuk belajar
writing ?” So, what media do you like the most for learning writing?
S2 : “Kalau buat menulis lebih enak kalo dikasih gambar dulu Miss biar udah
keliatan bayangannya.” I think using picture will be good for learning writing, besides we can see the script of the idea too.
Interview Transcript1727-09-2014 The interview transcripts above show that the students needed interesting
media in learning writing. They thought that by using interesting media, such as picture, they would be more motivated in learning writing. But the teacher did not
provide them a proper media. She found it difficult to search or create interesting media that was suitable for the students. Therefore, she provided them with the
media from internet without editing, course book and LKS. Moreover, she gave wrong examples to the students.
4: 01 R :
“Apakah ibu mengambil begitu saja materi dari internet atau mengeditnya dulu bu?” Do you adopt or adapt the material from the internet?
ET : “Saya ambil langsung saja, mba. Kan kalau lagu, gambar atau video itu
ga bisa diedit lagi, mba. Saya biasanya cari yang sesuai saja dengan tema saya jadi ga perlu edit-edit lagi. Kecuali kalau materi yang
berbentuk teks itu kan bisa simplify
sendiri.” I just take it from the internet, since songs, pictures and videos cannot be edited.
I only
52 download the material that is suitable with my topic, so that I do not need
to edit it anymore, except for written material which can be simplified. R :
“Kemudian kesulitan-kesulitan apa yang ibu temukan dalam mengajar writing skill
?” Then, what are the difficulties that you find in teaching writing?
ET : “Kesulitannya di media dan materi ya mba, karena kadang-kadang saya
susah mau mencari media pembelajaran dan materi dari internet. Biasanya saya mengakalinya dengan ambil materi dari buku paket atau
LKS.” The difficulty is defining the media and the material, because sometimes I find it difficult to search suitable teaching media and
material. I usually solve it by taking the material from material book or LKS.
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Then, ET wrote other examples of imperative sentence in the whiteboard. But ET gave some wrong examples, such as “Open the door” and “Don’t open
the door”
Field note127-09-2014 The researcher also conducted a pre-
test to measure students’ writing skill. The researcher and the collaborator became the raters to score the students’
writing on the pre-test and post-tests. The table below presents the student’s pre-
test mean score in each aspect of writing skill. Table 3:
The students’ pre-test mean score of each writing aspect Mean
C O
V LU
M Total
18.18 11.12
9.7 10.18
3.18 52.36