4 Judgment skills: the ability to write in an appropriate manner for a
particular purpose with a particular audience in mind, together with an ability to select, organize and order relevance information.
Writing requires a series of process and rules as well. From the definition above, the writer concludes that writing is a way to produce language by putting
down words or ideas to some medium through a series of process elaborating the idea, thinking process and the writing rules in order to create a worked-together
written composition.
2.2.4.2 The Purposes of Writing
The purposes of writing influence the writing products. Kreidler 1965: 41 states that “the ultimate aim of writing is to give the students the opportunity to express
their own ideas facilely; using the language pattern they have learned. Consequently, the purpose of writing process directs and controls all the decisions
of the students thought.” According to Hugo 1986:24 on Sari 2008:9, the seven purposes in
writing activities are as follows: 1
Assignment Purpose: the writer just completes the task given; 2
Altruistic Purpose: the writer intends to entertain the reader through his writing order, so they can serve the life in the easy, simple and
enjoyable way; 3
Informative Purpose: the writer introduces and expresses what he really feels or thinks to the readers;
4 Creative Purpose: the writer wants to perform artistic norms by
himherself; 5
Problem Solving Purpose: the writer wants to explain and analyze the problem in hisher mind so that the reader understands it;
6 Persuasive Purpose: the writer wants to persuade or convince the
reader about hisher idea; and 7
Self Expression Purpose: the writer introduces and expresses what heshe really feels or thinks to the reader.
As stated on the description above, then it could be said that the purpose of writing will affect the language choose and how to use the language to deliver the
message through written form. It is the writing purpose which guides the writers to make decision on their writing to make a meaningful written text.
Consequently, “effective writers usually have a purpose in mind and construct their writing with a view to achieving that purpose “Harmer, 2004:39. In this
study, the purpose of the students in writing is classified into assignment purpose since they are to write one of the text types, that is report text, based on the
appropriate curriculum standard.
2.2.4.3 Types of Writing
Peoples’ writings are classified into different purposes and types. Brown 2004:220
describes that there are four types of writing skill area, those are:
1 Imitative Writing
The category includes the ability to spell correctly. This level is usually for
Elementary School Students.
2 Intensive Controlled Writing
In this category, most assessment tasks are more concerned with a focus
on form, and are rather strictly controlled by the test design. It is applied
for Junior High School.
3 Responsive Writing
This level requires the students to perform a limited discourse level,
creating logically connected sequence of two or three paragraphs. It is
usually intended for Senior High School level.
4 Extensive Writing
It implies successful management of all the processes and strategies of
writing for all purposes, such an essay, a term paper, a thesis, etc. This
level is usually for advanced learners.
2.2.4.4 Writing Process
