the
improvement of the students’ writing content through Venn diagram Method at the sma
CHAPTER
I
INTRODUCTION
A. Background
The need for english nowdays is
increasingly felt in almost every face of life in our country, indonesia. We
can not deny that the matery of english is quite necessary for indonesian
people. Because it is use as communication tool.
Jacobs. G (2008: 1)
states that writing is is one
of the language skills that palys an important role in human communication. The
most important of writing is coming to be more and more recognized. It is the
written mark that links with the outside world is formed.
There is
no doubt that English writing is important as the other language skills. The
ability to write is frequently demanded in many occusions in our life. For any
reasons writing skill is crusial to most people. In relation about that,
Adelstain and Vipal (1980) state that in
all subyects in our life or in all profession, the ability to write or express
oneself clearly is essential basic for success. Writing is crucial mean of
human communication. It use to communicate with other people in sociaty and to
express our feeling and opinions. Writing means of both communication and self
expression.
Writing
means how to communicates our opinion to other on the paper. But reality shows
that it can not be done well because it is very difficult to express.
Furthermore, Goldman and Heaton (1986:126) states that many students still
encounter difficulties in writing because it is complex and difficult. In
studying English, many students who study in the tertiary level still often
make errors in writing though they have learned it for many times, even years.
The
difficulty of writing is also caused by the components of writing. Jacobs. G (1981:10)
tell that there are five components of writing. The five components are
content, organization, vocabulary, language use and mechanics. They are intergrating related to each other
when students producing a good piece of writing. Without having a good mastery
of writing components, the students cannot write successfully. Sometimes, when
they write the students get difficulties in expressing their ideas or thoughts.
In this case, the students have a lot of ideas, but they cannot organize their
writing out into a piece of writing.
Specially the students’ problems or difficulties in formulating or
expressing their ideas or thoughts into written-form are: first, the students
do not know how to develop their ideas or thoughts into wider or broader
writing that is related to the topic of writing. Second, the students do not
know how to arrange idea or topic of writing in illogical order, so the
students writing seem unclear, confusing, and incoherent.
The two problems above are usually faced by the students and therefore
certain way is required to help them write well which may be expected to
increase their ability to write. Furhtermore, Goldman and Heaton (1986:114) states that no single method of writing wotks for all
writers. They need to find a method to will work best. The methods of writing
must cover three broad areas. Three broad areas are discovering a massage and
purpose, developing a method of presentation, and using suitable language.
According to the
information that researcher has got from the English
teacher at SMA and observation have done for
several days in
learning english
which found the real fact of the situation at class XII keep a big potency but they were still low in writing. They have a difficulty in expressing their ideas. The students’ ability
is still proportional where there are students which so
predominate the class other student tend to passive.
To overcome the students’ problems in SMA needs a good strategy and it is
the teacher’s responsibility to
increas their potency. In order for students to communicate
well they need to have to expand their cognitive academic language proficiency
level. It is important for students to learn how to think critically and
creatively.
As teachers, we have the responsibility of improving
and enhancing students' writing, in both content and in organization. In order for these children to succeed, they
need to be equipped and well aware of the genres of power which rule the world.
Whether oral or written, the different types of genres are a child's key to
power, prestige and privilege. By developing these styles of writing, a child
is empowered to use this key to unlock any door that leads to success. Writing
is a transitory verb, therefore, one should not just teach writing, but teaches
to write something.
To teach the students
how to write easily and creatively, there are many methods that can be used. Venn Diagram method or known as comparing and contrasting two issues and the circles represent the quality of each issue,
a method developed by John Venn is one of methods in teaching writing that may
support the expected situation. This method can help the students to determine
the cause and effect of two
problem statement that contrast by
using a model two circles or Venn
diagram. It can be very enjoyable for students to be
creatively in writing.
