THE IMPLEMENTATION OF GENRE-BASED APPROACH IN TEACHING WRITING TO THE EIGHTH YEAR STUDENTS THE IMPLEMENTATION OF GENRE-BASED APPROACH IN TEACHING WRITING TO THE EIGHTH YEAR STUDENTS OF SMP MUHAMMADIYAH 4 SURAKARTA.
THE IMPLEMENTATION OF GENRE-BASED APPROACH IN
TEACHING WRITING TO THE EIGHTH YEAR STUDENTS
OF SMP MUHAMMADIYAH 4 SURAKARTA
RESEARCH PAPER
Submitted as a Partial Fulfillment of the Requirement
for Getting Bachelor Degree of Education
in English Department
by
DEWI RAGIL WIJAYANTI
A 320 070 213
SCHOOL OF TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION
MUHAMMADIYAH UNIVERSITY OF SURAKARTA
2011
i
APPROVAL
THE IMPLEMENTATION OF GENRE-BASED APPROACH IN
TEACHING WRITING TO THE EIGHTH YEAR STUDENTS OF SMP
MUHAMMADIYAH 4 SURAKARTA
by
DEWI RAGIL WIJAYANTI
A320 070 213
Approved by Consultant
Consultant I
Consultant II
( Anam Sutopo, S. Pd.M. Hum)
NIK 849
( Aryati Prasetyarini, M.Pd)
NIK 725
ii
ACCEPTANCE
THE IMPLEMENTATION OF GENRE-BASED APPROACH IN TEACHING
WRITING TO THE EIGHTH YEAR STUDENTS OF SMP MUHAMMADIYAH 4
SURAKARTA
by
DEWI RAGIL WIJAYANTI
A 320 070 213
Accepted and Approved by the Board of Examiner
School of the Teacher Training and Education
Muhammadiyah University of Surakarta
On October 2011
Team of Examiners:
1. Aryati Prasetyarini, M. Pd.
Chair Person
(
)
2. Anam Sutopo, S. Pd.M. Hum.
Member I
(
)
3. Drs. Djoko Srijono, M. Hum.
Member II
(
)
Dean
Drs. H. Sofyan Anif, M. Si.
NIK 547
iii
TESTIMONY
On this opportunity, I state that there is no proposed work before in this
research to get bachelor degree in a certain university and as long as I know, there
is also no work or idea that have ever been written or published by other people,
except those in which referred written in this research paper and mentioned in the
bibliography.
If it is proved there will be something wrong in my statement above in the
future, I will be fully responsible.
Surakarta, August
, 2011
Dewi Ragil Wijayanti
A320 070 213
iv
MOTTO
“Knowledge is a power”
“Sesungguhnya Allah tidak akan merubah nasib suatu kaum, sampai
kaum itu merubah nasibnya sendiri”
(Q.S. Ar Ra’ du: 10)
(The Writer)
v
D EDI CAT I O N
T his researh paper is dedicated especially to:
M y beloved mother and father,
M y sister,
M y beloved young brother,
M y big family, and
M y sweetheart
M y lovely “GRC Family”, and
All my friend who always support me
vi
ACKNOWLEDGMENT
Assalamu’alaikum Wr. Wb.
In the name of Allah SWT, the most gracious and merciful. The writer
would like to thank to Allah SWT, because of His mercy and blessing she can
finish her research entitled “ The Implementation of Genre-based Approach in
Teaching Writing to the Eighth Year Students of SMP Muhammadiyah 4
Surakarta”.
The writer realizes that this research paper is still far from being perfect,
so all suggestion and criticisms to make this research paper better are accepted
happily. In conducting this research, the writer gets some help from many people.
On this occasion, the writer would like to express her great gratitude and
appreciation to:
1. Drs. H. Sofyan Anif, M. Si. as the Dean of School of Teacher Training and
Education of Muhammadiyah University of Surakarta,
2. Titis Setyabudi, S. S, M. Hum as the chief of English Department,
3. Aryati Prasetyarini, M. Pd. as the first consultant who has patiently,
sincerely, and wisely to give advice and guidance for her from the
beginning up to the completition of this research paper,
4. Drs. Anam Sutopo, M. Hum. as the second consultant who has patiently
and kindly given additional idea, advice, correction, help and guidance for
her from the beginning up to the completition of this research paper,
vii
5. Drs. Djoko Srijono as the third consultant,
6. Drs. H. Maryadi, M.A., as her academic advisor,
7. All lecturers in English department for their guidance, during the study at
this university,
8. The headmaster of SMP Muhammadiyah 4 Surakarta for giving the writer
permission to have research in his institution,
9. The English teacher (Mrs. Anik) of SMP Muhammadiyah 4 Surakarta for
giving informations and allowing the writer to observe the teachinglearning process,
10. Her beloved parents (Bpk Joko Suroso, S.Pd & Ibu Eka Wahyu Eny),
for their love, care, advices, and every tear they shed for their daughter’s
success. “I know I cannot pay back what you have given to me but I will
give you the best, (I Love You, Mom and Dad)”,
11. His younger brother who always supports her in finishing this research
paper
12. Her best friends TunThy and LinThoEt that always give her support, and
help to finish the research paper,
13. Her struggle friends in GRC Family: Cethul, Mamat, Paijo, Mami,
Nanda, Listy, Melda and others that she can’t mention one by one.
Thanks for their friendship, support, togetherness, smile, sweetest memory
and stupidity,
14. All my friend in boarding house who have lent their place to the writer,
viii
15. All of the writer’s friends in English Department 2007,
16. Special thank for G 4333 CK , thanks for accompanying the writer every
time around her journey, and
17. All of people who cannot be mentioned one by one for their support to the
writer in completing this research paper.
Finally, the writer wants to thank all people that could not be
possibly mentioned for their unforgotten contributions during the research
paper writing process.
Wassalamu’alaikum Wr.Wb.
Surakarta, August , 2011
Writer
ix
SUMMARY
Dewi Ragil Wijayanti, A 320 070 213, THE IMPLEMENTATION OF
GENRE-BASED APPROACH TO THE EIGHTH YEAR STUDENTS OF
SMP
MUHAMMADIYAH
4
SURAKARTA.
Research
Paper.
Muhammadiyah University of Surakarta. 2011.
This research aims to describe the implementation of Genre-based
Approach in teaching writing by describing the objectives of Genre-based
Approach (GBA) in teaching writing, the procedures of GBA in teaching writing,
kinds of activities carried out of GBA in teaching writing, and the problems faced
by teacher during the teaching-learning process.
This research is a naturalistic research. In collecting the data the writer
takes some methods, namely (a) interview, (b) document, and (c) observation. To
analyze the data the writer takes some techniques, they are: (a) reducing the data,
(b) displaying the data, and (c) drawing conclusion.
In the result of this research shows that the objective of GBA in teaching
writing helping the students to express their ideas in the form of written language
and also enabling the students to understand written text and being active in
practicing written form. This research also shows the procedures of GBA in
teaching writing. The procedure used by teacher at SMP Muhammadiyah 4
Surakarta is appropriate with the theory of Genre. There are two patterns: BKOF,
MOT, JCOT, ICOT and BKOF, MOT, ICOT. This research shows the kinds of
activities of genre-based approach in teaching writing. In BKOF the activities are
question and answer, and then giving explanation; giving the written text in MOT;
the activity in JCOT is making a group and doing exercise from teacher; in ICOT
the activities are doing task and classroom and doing task as homework. This
research also shows the problems faced by teacher, they are: class management,
different capability of the students, students low in vocabulary mastery. Based on
the result, the conclusion of this research is the teacher implements the theory of
genre. Although, the teacher takes the procedure of genre-based Approach, but
teacher makes modification of it. Teacher doesn’t use Joint Construction of Text
(JCOT). The teacher focuses more on the Independent Construction of Text
(ICOT).
Consultant I
Consultant II
(Anam Sutopo, M. Hum)
NIK 849
(Aryati Prasetyarini, M. Pd)
NIK 725
Dean
Drs. H. Sofyan Anif, M. Si.
NIK 547
x
TABLE OF CONTENT
Page
TITLE ............................................................................................................ i
APPROVAL OF CONSULTANT .................................................................. ii
ACCEPTANCE .............................................................................................. iii
TESTIMONY ................................................................................................. iv
MOTTO ......................................................................................................... v
DEDICATION ............................................................................................... vi
ACKNOWLEDGMENT ................................................................................. vii
SUMMARY ................................................................................................... x
TABLE OF CONTENT .................................................................................. xi
CHAPTER I:
INTRODUCTION ................................................................. 1
A. Background of the Study ................................................. 1
B. Problem Statement .......................................................... 4
C. Objective of the Study ..................................................... 4
D. Limitation of the Study ................................................... 5
E. Benefit of the Study ........................................................ 5
F. Research Paper Organization .......................................... 6
CHAPTER II: REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE .............................. 7
A. Previous Study ................................................................ 7
B. Literary Review .............................................................. 9
1. Notion of Writing ....................................................... 9
2. Approaches in Teaching Writing ............................... 10
xi
3. Genre-based Approach .............................................. 12
a. Notion of Genre ................................................... 12
b. Principle of Genre ............................................... 13
C. Types of Genre ................................................................ 14
D. Teaching Procedure ......................................................... 17
CHAPTER III: RESEARCH METHOD ......................................................... 19
A. Type of the Reseach ........................................................ 19
B. Subject of the Research ................................................... 20
C. Object of the Research .................................................... 20
D. Data and Data Source ...................................................... 20
E. Method of Collecting Data .............................................. 21
F. Technique for Analyzing Data ........................................ 22
CHAPTER IV: RESEARCH FINDING AND DISCUSSION ........................ 24
A. Research Finding ............................................................ 24
1. The Implementation of Genre-based Approach
in Teaching writing ................................................... 25
a. The Objective of Genre-based Approach in
Teaching Writing ................................................... 25
b. The procedures of Genre-based Approach in
Teaching Writing ................................................... 26
c. The Activities Carried Out of Genre-based
Approach in Teaching Writing ............................... 33
2. Problem Faced by the Teacher .................................... 39
xii
B. Discussion ...................................................................... 42
CHAPTER V: CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTION ................................... 45
A. Conclusion ...................................................................... 45
B. Suggestion ...................................................................... 47
BIBLIOGRAPHY
APPENDIX
xiii
TEACHING WRITING TO THE EIGHTH YEAR STUDENTS
OF SMP MUHAMMADIYAH 4 SURAKARTA
RESEARCH PAPER
Submitted as a Partial Fulfillment of the Requirement
for Getting Bachelor Degree of Education
in English Department
by
DEWI RAGIL WIJAYANTI
A 320 070 213
SCHOOL OF TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION
MUHAMMADIYAH UNIVERSITY OF SURAKARTA
2011
i
APPROVAL
THE IMPLEMENTATION OF GENRE-BASED APPROACH IN
TEACHING WRITING TO THE EIGHTH YEAR STUDENTS OF SMP
MUHAMMADIYAH 4 SURAKARTA
by
DEWI RAGIL WIJAYANTI
A320 070 213
Approved by Consultant
Consultant I
Consultant II
( Anam Sutopo, S. Pd.M. Hum)
NIK 849
( Aryati Prasetyarini, M.Pd)
NIK 725
ii
ACCEPTANCE
THE IMPLEMENTATION OF GENRE-BASED APPROACH IN TEACHING
WRITING TO THE EIGHTH YEAR STUDENTS OF SMP MUHAMMADIYAH 4
SURAKARTA
by
DEWI RAGIL WIJAYANTI
A 320 070 213
Accepted and Approved by the Board of Examiner
School of the Teacher Training and Education
Muhammadiyah University of Surakarta
On October 2011
Team of Examiners:
1. Aryati Prasetyarini, M. Pd.
Chair Person
(
)
2. Anam Sutopo, S. Pd.M. Hum.
Member I
(
)
3. Drs. Djoko Srijono, M. Hum.
Member II
(
)
Dean
Drs. H. Sofyan Anif, M. Si.
NIK 547
iii
TESTIMONY
On this opportunity, I state that there is no proposed work before in this
research to get bachelor degree in a certain university and as long as I know, there
is also no work or idea that have ever been written or published by other people,
except those in which referred written in this research paper and mentioned in the
bibliography.
If it is proved there will be something wrong in my statement above in the
future, I will be fully responsible.
Surakarta, August
, 2011
Dewi Ragil Wijayanti
A320 070 213
iv
MOTTO
“Knowledge is a power”
“Sesungguhnya Allah tidak akan merubah nasib suatu kaum, sampai
kaum itu merubah nasibnya sendiri”
(Q.S. Ar Ra’ du: 10)
(The Writer)
v
D EDI CAT I O N
T his researh paper is dedicated especially to:
M y beloved mother and father,
M y sister,
M y beloved young brother,
M y big family, and
M y sweetheart
M y lovely “GRC Family”, and
All my friend who always support me
vi
ACKNOWLEDGMENT
Assalamu’alaikum Wr. Wb.
In the name of Allah SWT, the most gracious and merciful. The writer
would like to thank to Allah SWT, because of His mercy and blessing she can
finish her research entitled “ The Implementation of Genre-based Approach in
Teaching Writing to the Eighth Year Students of SMP Muhammadiyah 4
Surakarta”.
The writer realizes that this research paper is still far from being perfect,
so all suggestion and criticisms to make this research paper better are accepted
happily. In conducting this research, the writer gets some help from many people.
On this occasion, the writer would like to express her great gratitude and
appreciation to:
1. Drs. H. Sofyan Anif, M. Si. as the Dean of School of Teacher Training and
Education of Muhammadiyah University of Surakarta,
2. Titis Setyabudi, S. S, M. Hum as the chief of English Department,
3. Aryati Prasetyarini, M. Pd. as the first consultant who has patiently,
sincerely, and wisely to give advice and guidance for her from the
beginning up to the completition of this research paper,
4. Drs. Anam Sutopo, M. Hum. as the second consultant who has patiently
and kindly given additional idea, advice, correction, help and guidance for
her from the beginning up to the completition of this research paper,
vii
5. Drs. Djoko Srijono as the third consultant,
6. Drs. H. Maryadi, M.A., as her academic advisor,
7. All lecturers in English department for their guidance, during the study at
this university,
8. The headmaster of SMP Muhammadiyah 4 Surakarta for giving the writer
permission to have research in his institution,
9. The English teacher (Mrs. Anik) of SMP Muhammadiyah 4 Surakarta for
giving informations and allowing the writer to observe the teachinglearning process,
10. Her beloved parents (Bpk Joko Suroso, S.Pd & Ibu Eka Wahyu Eny),
for their love, care, advices, and every tear they shed for their daughter’s
success. “I know I cannot pay back what you have given to me but I will
give you the best, (I Love You, Mom and Dad)”,
11. His younger brother who always supports her in finishing this research
paper
12. Her best friends TunThy and LinThoEt that always give her support, and
help to finish the research paper,
13. Her struggle friends in GRC Family: Cethul, Mamat, Paijo, Mami,
Nanda, Listy, Melda and others that she can’t mention one by one.
Thanks for their friendship, support, togetherness, smile, sweetest memory
and stupidity,
14. All my friend in boarding house who have lent their place to the writer,
viii
15. All of the writer’s friends in English Department 2007,
16. Special thank for G 4333 CK , thanks for accompanying the writer every
time around her journey, and
17. All of people who cannot be mentioned one by one for their support to the
writer in completing this research paper.
Finally, the writer wants to thank all people that could not be
possibly mentioned for their unforgotten contributions during the research
paper writing process.
Wassalamu’alaikum Wr.Wb.
Surakarta, August , 2011
Writer
ix
SUMMARY
Dewi Ragil Wijayanti, A 320 070 213, THE IMPLEMENTATION OF
GENRE-BASED APPROACH TO THE EIGHTH YEAR STUDENTS OF
SMP
MUHAMMADIYAH
4
SURAKARTA.
Research
Paper.
Muhammadiyah University of Surakarta. 2011.
This research aims to describe the implementation of Genre-based
Approach in teaching writing by describing the objectives of Genre-based
Approach (GBA) in teaching writing, the procedures of GBA in teaching writing,
kinds of activities carried out of GBA in teaching writing, and the problems faced
by teacher during the teaching-learning process.
This research is a naturalistic research. In collecting the data the writer
takes some methods, namely (a) interview, (b) document, and (c) observation. To
analyze the data the writer takes some techniques, they are: (a) reducing the data,
(b) displaying the data, and (c) drawing conclusion.
In the result of this research shows that the objective of GBA in teaching
writing helping the students to express their ideas in the form of written language
and also enabling the students to understand written text and being active in
practicing written form. This research also shows the procedures of GBA in
teaching writing. The procedure used by teacher at SMP Muhammadiyah 4
Surakarta is appropriate with the theory of Genre. There are two patterns: BKOF,
MOT, JCOT, ICOT and BKOF, MOT, ICOT. This research shows the kinds of
activities of genre-based approach in teaching writing. In BKOF the activities are
question and answer, and then giving explanation; giving the written text in MOT;
the activity in JCOT is making a group and doing exercise from teacher; in ICOT
the activities are doing task and classroom and doing task as homework. This
research also shows the problems faced by teacher, they are: class management,
different capability of the students, students low in vocabulary mastery. Based on
the result, the conclusion of this research is the teacher implements the theory of
genre. Although, the teacher takes the procedure of genre-based Approach, but
teacher makes modification of it. Teacher doesn’t use Joint Construction of Text
(JCOT). The teacher focuses more on the Independent Construction of Text
(ICOT).
Consultant I
Consultant II
(Anam Sutopo, M. Hum)
NIK 849
(Aryati Prasetyarini, M. Pd)
NIK 725
Dean
Drs. H. Sofyan Anif, M. Si.
NIK 547
x
TABLE OF CONTENT
Page
TITLE ............................................................................................................ i
APPROVAL OF CONSULTANT .................................................................. ii
ACCEPTANCE .............................................................................................. iii
TESTIMONY ................................................................................................. iv
MOTTO ......................................................................................................... v
DEDICATION ............................................................................................... vi
ACKNOWLEDGMENT ................................................................................. vii
SUMMARY ................................................................................................... x
TABLE OF CONTENT .................................................................................. xi
CHAPTER I:
INTRODUCTION ................................................................. 1
A. Background of the Study ................................................. 1
B. Problem Statement .......................................................... 4
C. Objective of the Study ..................................................... 4
D. Limitation of the Study ................................................... 5
E. Benefit of the Study ........................................................ 5
F. Research Paper Organization .......................................... 6
CHAPTER II: REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE .............................. 7
A. Previous Study ................................................................ 7
B. Literary Review .............................................................. 9
1. Notion of Writing ....................................................... 9
2. Approaches in Teaching Writing ............................... 10
xi
3. Genre-based Approach .............................................. 12
a. Notion of Genre ................................................... 12
b. Principle of Genre ............................................... 13
C. Types of Genre ................................................................ 14
D. Teaching Procedure ......................................................... 17
CHAPTER III: RESEARCH METHOD ......................................................... 19
A. Type of the Reseach ........................................................ 19
B. Subject of the Research ................................................... 20
C. Object of the Research .................................................... 20
D. Data and Data Source ...................................................... 20
E. Method of Collecting Data .............................................. 21
F. Technique for Analyzing Data ........................................ 22
CHAPTER IV: RESEARCH FINDING AND DISCUSSION ........................ 24
A. Research Finding ............................................................ 24
1. The Implementation of Genre-based Approach
in Teaching writing ................................................... 25
a. The Objective of Genre-based Approach in
Teaching Writing ................................................... 25
b. The procedures of Genre-based Approach in
Teaching Writing ................................................... 26
c. The Activities Carried Out of Genre-based
Approach in Teaching Writing ............................... 33
2. Problem Faced by the Teacher .................................... 39
xii
B. Discussion ...................................................................... 42
CHAPTER V: CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTION ................................... 45
A. Conclusion ...................................................................... 45
B. Suggestion ...................................................................... 47
BIBLIOGRAPHY
APPENDIX
xiii