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repeating the same mistakes like grammatical and mechanical writing mistakes although the teacher had explained and repeated the rules.
The fourth problem is the lack of media usage. The teaching approach using textbooks and oral explanation made the teaching and learning felt bored and not
motivating to learn. As English is not even their second language and as most of Indonesians do not really live with English in their surroundings, it makes English
becomes something uncommon among Indonesian people and the students here are not the exceptions. Learning something new like that must be conducted in such a
slow and fun way and if not, the students would prefer to not think about it as it just beyond their ability. Teachers need to find a better way to teach the students. As
students’ willingness to learn depends on their learning motivation, teachers need to find a teaching method that is motivating and fun so that the students will be more
eager to follow the lesson. As long as it is fun, the students will still be motivated and will not feel pressured. However, the school itself does not provide sufficient
teaching and learning media. Thus, if the teacher wants to use media, she has to bring her own media and this is perhaps the reason of the lack of media usage.
C. Delimitation of the Problems
Based on the identification of the problems, the researcher found that there were many problems occurring during the English teaching and learning process in SMA
N 1 Pengasih that cause in the difficulty of students in mastering writing skills. However, it is impossible for the researcher to overcome all of the problems
therefore, the researcher decided to discuss the main problems that constrain students’
writing skill the most. It is the atmosphere and the linguistic accuracy.
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It is obvious that the main problem of the students’ difficulty of learning lays on their unwillingness to learn that is caused by the boring atmosphere of the class for
being lack of teaching and learning media. For the writing problem itself, the researcher found that the main problem is on their linguistic accuracy, i. e. on their
grammar, spelling, and punctuations. To overcome the problems, the researcher decided to apply a kind of language
games called board game. The game is applied in order to lighten the atmosphere and to improve
learners’ motivation. The game is also considered effective to improve students’ linguistic accuracy in their writing based on some studies. However, the
researcher considers that this game is not commonly applied in language teaching or research in Indonesia. Therefore the researcher wants to try the game to improve the
teaching and learning of English in class X-3 of SMA Negeri 1 Pengasih.
D. Formulation of the Problem
Based on the limitation of the problem, the researcher only took one major problem as the focus
of the study that is students’ difficulty in writing particularly on linguistic aspects. The problem i
s formulated as follows “How can students’ writing skills be improved through the use of board
games activity?”
E. Objective of the Study
Related to the formulation of the problem, the objective of conducting this study is to improve the writing skills of grade X students of SMA Negeri 1 Pengasih using
board games.
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F. The Significance of the Study
