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Reasons for Choosing the Topic Statement of the Problem

1.2 Reasons for Choosing the Topic

Based on the background, the reason for choosing this topic was that writing descriptive text can be more interesting and enjoyable for students through picture prompts because pictures are interesting for students. Another reason was that because the writing score was still low compared to another skill. In this case, the use of picture prompt is suitable for the characteristics of Junior High School students, because in Indonesia English is started to be taught formally in Junior High School. Hopefully, they will be self-motivated if the writing descriptive texts are accompanied with picture prompts. The writing score of Junior High School students was still low. This shows that there are difficulties in learning English for Junior High School students. Basically, writing should play an important role in English teaching and learning process because one of the goals in learning English is that the students should be able to communicate through both spoken and written texts. However, schools are concerned more on developing the students‘ reading skill through reading passages. As a result, most of the students of Junior High School complained that they have difficulty in writing. They tend to copy and paste from the internet than gaining their own idea. Nevertheless, through media of pictures, the students can usually grasp the meaning of the picture and start the writing easier. Picture prompts are still new media. It is a combination of picture and prompts that can stimulate students‘ idea. Then, I assumed that ―The Improvement of Students‘ Ability in Writing Descriptive Text through Picture Prompts also gives a positive result. I tried the strategy using of picture prompts that can be done by applying an action research.

1.3 Statement of the Problem

The problem in this research is: How can the use of Picture Prompts improve students‘ ability in writing descriptive texts?

1.4 Objectives of the Study

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