1 Do the students of the eight graders of State Junior High School 1 Jati Kudus
in the Academic Year of 20132014 have problems in writing narrative texts? 2
To what extent can “Build Your Story” be used as the medium to improve students‟ proficiency in writing narrative texts at the eight graders of State
Junior High School 1 Jati Kudus in the Academic Year of 20132014? 3
To what extent can “Build Your Story” be used as the medium to improve students‟ motivation in writing narrative texts at the eight graders of State
Junior High School 1 Jati Kudus in the Academic Year of 20132014?
1.4 Objectives of the Study Based on the problems stated above, the objectives of this study are:
1 to find out whether or not students of the eight graders of State Junior High
School 1 Jati Kudus in the academic year of 20132014 have problems in narrative text writing,
2 to discuss to what extent can “Build Your Story” be used as the medium to
improve students‟ proficiency in writing narrative texts at the eight graders of State Junior High School 1 Jati Kudus in the Academic Year of 20132014,
3 to discuss to what extent “Build Your Story” can be used to improve the
students‟ motivation in writing narrative text of the eight graders of State Junior High School 1 Jati Kudus in the academic year of 20132014.
1.5 Significances of the Study
Based on the objectives of the study, the researcher hopes that the result of this study will be useful for the students of State Junior High School 1 Jati Kudus,
English teachers of State Junior High School 1 Jati Kudus, and the researcher. For the students, hopefully, the result of this study will give beneficial effect in
motivating them to study English so that they can improve their writing ability. For the teachers, they can use the
“Build Your Story” as an alternative medium to teach writing narrative text. For the researcher, hopefully, this study will be useful
for her professional development as a teacher-to-be.
1.6 Outline of the Report
The outline of the report is as follows, Chapter I consists of background of the study, reasons for choosing the
topic, statement of the problems, objectives of the study, significances of the study, and the outline of the study.
Chapter II presents review of related literature. This chapter concerns with review of previous studies related to the topic, review of related literature, and the
figure of theoretical framework. Chapter III discusses method of investigation. It includes subject of the
study, data of the study, procedures of data collection, procedure of data analysis, and research design.
Chapter IV presents results of the study. It includes data analysis and reflection of research findings.
Chapter V contains conclusions and suggestions. This chapter concludes the study and provides suggestions.
6
CHAPTER II
REVIEW OF THE RELATED LITERATURE
This chapter concerns with review of previous studies related to the topic, review of related literature and the figure of theoretical framework.
2.1 Review of the Previous Studies
