CHAPTER I
INTRODUCTION
A.
Background
In globalization and era information
English was one of the foreign languages taught in school considered as the
important one in grasping knowledge, science, and technology. Most of the
books, mass media and articles use English. Therefore, the student read books
in English to increase their knowledge and to be more aware of technology
development. The English language consists of four skills listening, speaking,
reading, and writing. The four language skills were supported by grammar and
vocabulary. Those skills were related each other so it should be taught as
effective as possible.
The four English language skills were
important improved. But this research focused in improving writing skills,
because the researcher had done P2K and observation at SMA Muhammadiyah 7
Makassar. The researcher saw many students still poor and weak in writing
skills. So the researcher took writing as the research. Writing as one of the
English language skills has an important role not only in a formal situation,
but also in informal one. Sometimes people cannot verbalize their opinions,
ideas or feeling orally, but they can express them through writing. People may
write in lecture, seminar, or in private study and also complete their study.
People, especially who live in different regions in time and space, should
write to transmit their ideas to other people. The other reason why people need
to write is that writing can help to sort out and organize the writer random
thought, clarify, what they think, develop their idea to make other people
understand easily. Writing can be a process of self discovery about who we are
and what we think.
The technique of teaching was
necessary to develop the students’ skills especially in improving the students’
writing proficiency. Because the technique of teaching influenced the students’
success, so the teacher of English should select the suitable method or
technique to teach the students.
One of effectives technique
that was used by the teacher was Career Exploration Technique where it was
affords as a systematic procedure by the teacher could guide the students to write.
Career exploration is an activity, guide, and counseling to assist students
make decisions about choosing their future professions, and how to get jobs in
their chosen fields (Kelly, 2010). The teacher could guide students to express
and write down their ideas in choosing a job in the future.
Based on the information above, the
researcher conducted a research to find out whether the Career exploration
technique was effective to improve the students’ writing proficiency of SMA
MUHAMMADIYAH 7 MAKASSAR.
B.
Problem Statement
Regarding to the title of the
research and description on the background above, the researcher formulated the
research questions as follows:
1.
How is the students’
proficiency in writing descriptive text viewed from its content through Career
exploration technique?
2.
How is the students’
proficiency in writing descriptive text viewed from its language use through Career
exploration technique?
C.
Objective of the Study
Relating to the problem statement
mentioned above, the researcher stated that objective of the study are to find
out:
- The students’ proficiency in writing descriptive text viewed from its content through Career exploration technique.
2.
The students’ proficiency in
writing descriptive text viewed from its language use through Career
exploration technique.
D.
Significance of the Study
The result of this
research was expected to give contribution and to help the English teacher in
presenting writing material and improving the quality of teaching specially
writing and motivating students to communicate their own understanding of the
text and to give a new feeling to improve writing skill.
E. Scope of the Study
The scope of the research was
restricted to the ability of the students to write descriptive text which was
viewed from its content (clear, meaningful, logical, communicated,
knowledgeable and relevant with the topic) and language use (Grammar focus on
present tense).
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