Identification of the Problem

For the speaking the textbooks are selected by the teachers and the students are asked to use them. The activities are limited based on the textbooks and some materials are not appropriate for the students. This situation also occurs in teaching and learning of reading skill. However, in teaching reading, the teachers also use some other resources such as articles from internet or magazine, newspaper, or short stories. When teaching writing, the teachers also use the same textbooks as in teaching speaking which is some materials are not appropriate for the students. The textbook is used as main input for students’ writing. Both teachers and students struggle out of this skill. The teachers feel that teaching writing consumes much time and the students feel that learning writing is difficult. English teachers in SMA N 1 Sewon also use some media in their teaching and learning activities such as pictures, recordin gs, books, students’ worksheet, slideshow presentation, and the Internet. However, the Internet is rarely used in the classrooms although the students claim that they are more interested in learning if teachers using internet in the teaching learning activities. The main reason is that there is no website which meet s teachers’ expectation i.e. suitable for high school students in Indonesia accord with competence standard and basic competence and provides appropriate web-based learning materials despite the fact that there are many websites which provides English learning materials. Another problem which is identified is SMA N 1 Sewon, which is recognized as one of some schools which focus on ICT development to integrate it with the teaching and learning processes, develops a website www.smasewon1.sch.co.id which unfortunately has not effectively supported teaching and learning activities. This website only provides information about SMA N 1 Sewon such as school’s history, facilities, news, plus some materials for IT subject. This website has not provided learning materials yet that can help both students and teachers in the teaching and learning processes for any subjects, including English, but IT. To solve that matter, web-based writing learning materials which can serve teachers and students’ needs in English teaching and learning in SMA N 1 Sewon are needed. There are various web-based learning materials which can be developed. For example, based on the four skills in English - listening, speaking, reading, and writing - at least there are four kinds of web-based learning materials already.

C. Limitation to the Problem

Due to the limitation on the part of the writer, this study focuses only on developing appropriate web-based writing learning materials. These web-based writing learning materials are made for the second semester of the first grade of Senior High School students.

D. Formulation of the Problem

Based on the background, identification, and limitation to the problem, this research is formulated as follow: 1. What are the target needs of the tenth grade students of SMA N 1 Sewon to learn writing through website? 2. What are the learning needs of the tenth grade students of SMA N 1 to learn writing through website? 3. What are the appropriate web-based writing learning materials for the tenth grade students of second semester of SMA N 1 Sewon?

E. Research Objectives

Based on the formulation of the problem above, the objectives of this research are as follows: 1. To identify the targets’ needs of the tenth grade students of SMA N 1 Sewon to learn writing through website. 2. To identify the learning needs of the tenth grade students of SMA N 1 Sewon to learn writing through website. 3. To develop appropriate web-based writing learning materials for the tenth grade students of second semester of SMA N 1 Sewon.

F. Significance of the Study

This study is expected to give some contributions to the English teaching and learning as follows: 1. For English teachers This research can encourage the teachers to design learning materials by incorporating them with the current technology or at least use this current website in their classrooms. 2. For education