A DESCRIPTIVE STUDY ON TEACHING WRITING TO THE FIRST YEAR STUDENTS OF MTS SALAFIYAH KAJEN MARGOYOSO PATI RESEARCH PAPER Submitted as a Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for Getting Bachelor Degree of Education in English Department by ANA NAILU ROHMAH A320080163 SCHOOL OF TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION MUHAMMADIYAH UNIVERSITY OF SURAKARTA 2012
A DESCRIPTIVE STUDY ON TEACHING WRITING TO THE FIRST YEAR STUDENTS OF MTS SALAFIYAH KAJEN MARGOYOSO PATI RESEARCH PAPER by ANA NAILU ROHMAH A320080163 Approved to be Examined by Consultant Consultant II Consultant I Dra. Dwi Haryanti, M. Hum. NIK. 477 Drs. DjokoSrijono, M. Hum. NIP. 19590601 198503 1 003 ii
ACCEPTANCE A DESCRIPTIVE STUDY ON TEACHING WRITING TO THE FIRST YEAR STUDENTS OF MTS SALAFIYAH KAJEN MARGOYOSO PATI by Ana Nailu Rohmah A 320080163 Accepted and Appovedby the Board of Examiner School of Teacher Training and Education Muhammadiyah University of Surakarta on July., 2012 Team of Examiner: 1 Drs. Djoko Srijono, M. Hum. (Chair Person) (..) 2 Dra. Dwi Haryanti, M. Hum. (Member I) (..) 3 Drs. Maryadi, M. A. (Member II) (..) Dean, (Drs. H. Sofyan Anif, M.Si) NIK. 547 iii
TESTIMONY Here with, I testify that in this research paper, there is no plagiarism of the previous literary work, which has been raised to obtain bachelor degree of education in a university, nor there are opinions or masterpieces which have been written or published by others, except those in which the writing are referred in the manuscript and mentioned in literary review and bibliography. Hence, later if it is proven that there are some untrue statements in this testimony; hence I will hold full responsibility. Surakarta, Agustus 2012 Ana Nailu Rohmah A 320 080 163
MOTTO MenjadiManusia yang Benar-BenarHidup The Writer Hidup biar beradab, bukan hidup untuk biadap Al-Ghazali Bayruni iv
DEDICATION Thanks to Allah SWT This research paper is dedicated to: My dearest father and mother, My dearest brother Dhimas. v
Dedication This research paper is especially dedicated to: My lovely baby Adzkia Nisaul Aulia, My lovely husband mas Alan, S. Pt. vi
ACKNOWLEDGMENT Bismillahirrohmannirrohim, Alhamdulillahirobbil alamin, praise to be Allah SWT due to His protection, power and mercy given to the writer, so she couldcomplete this research paper entitled A DESCRIPTIVE STUDY ON TEACHING WRITING TO THE FIRST YEAR STUDENTS OF MTS SALAFIYAH KAJEN MARGOYOSO PATI. This study is accomplished as a partial fulfillment of the requirements for getting bachelor of education in English Department, School of Teaching Training and Education of Muhammadiyah University of Surakarta. The writer would like to express her deep gratitude and appreciation to: 1. Drs. H. Sofyan Anif, M. Si, as Dean of School of Teacher Training and Education of UMS for approval in carrying out the research paper. 2. Drs. Djoko Srijono, M. Hum, as the first consultant who has contributed his ideas and guidance in finishing this research paper, 3. Dra. Dwi Haryanti, M. Hum, as the second consultant who helps severely assured the writer to complete this study with contentment, 4. Titis Setyabudi, S. Si., M. Hum., Chief of English Department, 5. Ruman Masyfu, S. H., the chief of MTs Salafiyah Kajen Margoyoso Pati, 6. Wildatun Muyassaroh, S. Hi., the teacher of the first year students of MTs Salafiyah Kajen Margoyoso Pati, who help me to get data, 7. Her dearest parents; Ayahanda Ihsanudin, her beloved father and Ibunda Suti ah her beloved mother who have given her pray and motivation, vii
8. Her beloved husband mas Alan, S. Pt., who has given him love, affection great time and support, 9. Her beloved baby Adzkia who has given power and spirit in finishing this research paper, 10. Her beloved brother Dhimas who always supports during her study, 11. Her family of PMII, Try, Eka, Nila, Mas Zaenal Bebex, Mas Wisnu, Mas Edy, Pak Tohar, Arif Gace, Uttix, Mas Agus, etc who make the writer always smile, 12. Her best friends; Witori Nandasuka, Tutix BnB, Liza, Maria, Ettix, 13. Her best friends at Dewi Muning 3; Sun-tea, Sisxa, Hettix, d Moet. That always make her save and smile, and 14. All of her lecturers of English Department. Lastly, the research is expected to be able to give useful significance for the readers especially for the other researcher who is interested in such research and the writer would be glad to accept any criticism. Alhamdulillahirobbil alamin. Surakarta, Agustus 2012. Ana Nailu Rohmah A 320 080 163 viii
SUMMARY Ana NailuRohmah. NIM: A320080163. A DESCRIPTIVE STUDY ON TEACHING WRITING TO THE FIRST YEAR STUDENTS OF MTS SALAFIYAH KAJEN MARGOYOSO PATI. Muhammadiyah University of Surakarta.Research Paper, 2012. This research paper is intended to describe a teaching writing to the first year students of MTS Salafiyah Kajen Margoyoso Pati. The writer focuses the teaching-learning process of writing, on the first year student. The objective of this research are 1) to describe technique implemented in teaching writing, 2) kinds of difficulties faced in learning writing, and 3) kinds of strategies used by teacher to solve the student s difficulties. The type of this research is descriptive research which does not include any calculation or statistic procedure. The object of this research is teaching writing. The subjects of this research are English teacher and students. The data are taken from informant, events, and document. The techniques of collecting data are observation, employing interview, and analyzing document. The setting of this research is MTs Salafiyah Kajen Margoyoso Pati. MTs Salafiyah is one of state school in Pati district. The addres is on Kajen Margoyoso Pati Central Java. It has post code 59154. It is opened in January 1, 1933 by K.H.Baedlowi Sirodj. There are 15 teachers. Two teachers of those amounts are English teacher. The writer was took MTs Salafiyah as object of this research caused the students of MTs Salafiyah has some problem faced in writing skill, especially in writing paragraph. The study shows that 1) Technique implemented in teaching learning process of writing to the first year students are game and contextual learning. 2) The kinds of difficulties faced in learning writing by the first students are vocabulary, tenses, and expressing idea in writing. 3) The kinds of strategies used by teacher to solve student s difficulties are giving example of text and giving instruction ix
CONTENT page TITLE... i APPROVAL... ii ACCEPTANCE... iii MOTTO... iv DEDICATION... v ACKNOWLEDGMENT... vii SUMMARY... ix TABLE OF CONTENT... x CHAPTER I : INTRODUCTION A. Background of the Study... 1 B. Problem Statement... 3 C. Objective of the Study... 3 D. Benefit of the Study... 4 E. Research Paper Organization... 5 CHAPTER II: REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE A. Previous Study... 6 B. Notion of Writing... 7 C. Types of Writing... 9 D. Teaching Writing... 10 E. Process of Writing... 15 F. Roles of Teacher in Teaching Writing... 15 G. Techniques of Teaching Writing... 17 x
CHAPTER III : RESEARCH METHOD A. Setting of the Research... 19 B. Type of the Research... 20 C. Object of the Research... 20 D. Subject of the Research... 20 E. Data and Data Source... 20 F. Technique of Collecting Data... 21 G. Technique for Analyzing Data... 22 CHAPTER IV : RESEARCH FINDING AND DISCUSSION A. Research Finding... 24 1.The Technique Implemented in Teaching Writing... 24 2.The Kinds of Difficulties Faced by the First Year Student s in Learning Writing... 33 3.The Kinds of Strategies Used by the Teacher... 35 B. Discussion of the Findings... 40 CHAPTER V : CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTION A. Conclusion... 45 B. Suggestion... 45 BIBLIOGRAPHY... 47 VIRTUAL REFERENCE... 49 APPENDIX... 51 xi