CHAPTER I
INTRODUCTION
This chapter explains about introduction which includes background of the study, reasons for choosing the topic, statement of the problem, objectives of the study,
hypothesis of the study, significance of the study and outline of the report.
1.1 Background of the Study
Language is the fundamental part of the human ’s communication. It has used to
express our feeling and thought trough a spoken and written language among human being. This world consists of so many different countries with their own
language. Therefore, it will be a problem if people want to communicate with the others from different countries, and in this situation, English plays essential role in
connecting them as International language. People from all around the world use English to communicate with the other people in all field of human
’s life, for
instance, economics, politics, socials, cultures and many more.
Our government aware how important of English is, so they made English be one of the subjects which is taught in junior high schools, senior high school
and universities. Indeed, it is also taught in some elementary school and kindergarten level. Teaching English in Indonesia is based on the system which is
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called curriculum. The current curriculum, School-Based Curriculum Kurikulum Tingkat Satuan Pendidikan that issued by Department of National Education
Depdiknas in 2006, stated that the English lesson includes four skills of language that are listening, speaking, reading and writing. All of those skill are
connected each other. If one of them ignored, it will influence other skills. The four skills must be mastered by the students in order to get good competency in
using language.
Writing as a part of the language skills must be taught maximally by the teacher to the student. It needs many aspects that have to be studied and to be practiced
regularly because in writing the students do not only have to keep their purpose of writing but they also think about how to organize their ideas. Moreover, writing is
very important as one of communication skills that can help us express our idea, feeling, and our opinion so that we can have a good interaction with our society.
Nilson 1984:134 says that writing is a skill, which has been developed in civilized society to pass on knowledge or message, and written communication is
the most difficult one because it uses certain rules that are very complex. Teaching writing is difficult and complex, requiring, and mastering not only of the
grammatical and rhetorical devices but also conceptual and judgment Heaton, 1975:138. Because of the difficulties in writing, some of efforts have been done
to solve the problem. The main objective is to make the writing become easier to learn for students.
Based on the phenomena at the field, just few students have good ability in writing skill because it needs many aspects to be mastered: vocabulary, grammar
and idea. Grammar and vocabulary are used to convey ideas. If the ideas are meddled, they will not to be able to write about them well, however much
vocabulary and grammar they know. To solve those problems in developing the ability of writing which is faced by the students, the teacher can use an interesting
method or visual aid to teach writing, so they will be interested in writing class. According to Kreidler 1965:1, visual aid can be useful to the language teacher
because: It can create situations just like the real situation in the real world,
It can introduce the students with unfamiliar culture aspect, It gives really to what might be understood verbally by the students,
The teacher can change situation quickly and easily in a drill and provide decoration for the classroom.
Kreidler 1965:2 also suggests that “if visual aids to help a teacher write
the task of teaching a new language, they must be suitable for the classroom situation in which the teacher is working.
” Allen 1977:33 adds “the teaching of English to the beginner should need the techniques to make the English lesson
more exiting. ” Based on the statement above, the teachers are expected to be
imaginative and creative in developing their teaching techniques. Animation movie is one of the media that can be applied in teaching
narrative writing. It is not only can entertain, but also can be used to improve the students
’ mastery of writing a narrative story. With this media, the students will not easily get bored because most of the young learners love to see the animation
movie. The other good side is this movie does not have any violence and
pornographic elements, therefore it is suitable for the students. The conversation and speech in the movie can be easily remembered and understood because it
provides the daily conversation language which is often heard by the students.
1.2 Reasons for Choosing the Topic
