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CHAPTER 1 INTRODCUTION
A. Background Of The Study
Writing is one of the skills that should be mastered in order to communicate effectively in English. It is considered as productive skill along
with speaking, while listening and reading are receptive skills. Writing can be explained as a mean of communication because writers need to communicate
with readers delivering certain messages through written language. In addition, it is necessary to master writing because this skill is required in
schools, in the world of work, and also in other sectors. Many people believe that writing is the most difficult skill to learn
among the other language skills .
There are some reasons to support this statement. When it comes to writing activities, many people tend to find
difficulty in generating ideas. They feel difficult to deliver their ideas into written form since they have so many ideas in mind and do not know how to
deliver those ideas. Sometimes, this problem caused by their limited background knowledge related to the topic. They also experience problems in
organizing and arranging ideas into a logical order to create readable and comprehensible texts. They usually just write random ideas without paying
attention to the organization of paragraphs. The other problem is dealing with the formality of writing. It is formal and requires a writer to pay attention of a
number of conventions such as spelling, grammar, word choice, and
mechanic. The last problem is dealing with the students’ motivation in writing. They are not interested in writing because they think that writing is
difficult. The students of Grade VIII B at SMP N 5 Wates also experienced the
same things dealing with the problems in English writing. When it comes to writing activities, they usually were confused to write down the ideas in their
mind into a paper. In addition, they also found some difficulties in arranging ideas into a logical order. Furthermore, some of them also had difficulties in
creating correct grammatical sentences and choosing the appropriate vocabulary for their writing. Their low motivation in writing activity was also
one of the problems for them. Based on these problems, the researcher feels it is important to find an
effective solution to be applied in the teaching-learning process of writing at SMP N 5 Wates. The implemented solution is believed to be able to improve
the students’ writing skills and solve the problems related to writing activities.
B. Identification Of The Problem
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