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Tuesday, November 5, 2013

How to use personal online diary by wordpress to teach writing recount text for Senior High School?



CHAPTER I
INTRODUCTION

A.    Background of the Problems
Writing is one of the skills in learning English. It is one of the important subjects that students should be learned. They are not only able to read the English books or speak English well, but also be able to write, the students can express an ideas or feeling in writing form, the students should be able to produce sentences and develop it into paragraph. The students should be pay attention to the dictions are used and should be able to arrange his or her ideas or feeling in a good arrangement. the others point the students should pay attention to the rhetorical structure of the text in writing.
Study about writing is one of important basic to learn English because in writing skill the teachers can know about their student’s skill. There are also many kinds of books write in English in which those are spread in different countries. Through writing, the teacher can analyze their ideas in written form. The teacher also able to analyze the student’s ability in grammar through writing activities.
Today, general asumtion of the student and teacher about writing is talk about pen and paper. Eventhough, writing is not about writing with pen on paper, but about how some one to express his idea sistematically. Paper and pen is one of media to express it.
            Based on writer’s observation at senior high school, the writer found some problems especially about student’s writing skill. The students are lazy to express their ideas or feeling. They do not know the distinguishing among the texts because they are lack of writing practice in daily activities. They are less motivation because the teacher do not use interest media and technique in teaching process.
The writer found in senior high school have internet access, Wifi and  computer labor. So, this equipment can be used by English teacher as media to teach English especially writing. The XI grade students of Senior High school have learn about make a blog in Technology Information subject. English teacher can ask the student to make written in recount text on the their blog.
Furthermore, the writer has a website for learning English, that is www.nowlearnenglish.org. Writer found that many searched from visitor is about ‘example of recount text’. This is mean that recount text still difficult thing for student to write. Internet can be a solution for student in searching a good examples of recount text.
Based on the curriculum of KTSP, the teaching writing is done through twelve genres. They are spoof, recount, report, analytical exposition, news item, anecdote, narrative, procedure, descriptive, hortatory exposition, explanation and discussion. All of the genres should be understood by the students. It is also hoped that the students are able to write the genres as their activities every day.
Based on writer’s experience, recount text assumed as a new text in Senior High School. It is difficult for students in writing. Writing recount text is un familiar for student also it is not similar writing the others text, they have different generic structure and language feature among them. Student do not have background knowledge about recount text. It make them confuse to finish recount text. Students still find difficulties to use the correct grammar and tense. Teacher also find difficulties to finding the media in technique to teach recount text. How to teach this subject that can not makes students are not boring and interesting to learn.
Based on the problem above, the teacher should be able to find new media or meaningful activities that can support in teaching process. To make students are not boring and interesting in writing, one alternative that could be used to overcome this problem is using picture sequence. The writer interested to using personal online diary by wordpress in writing recount text because it is always interesting for the students. By using personal online diary teaching recount text becomes more enjoyable and can improve student’s ability in writing.

B. Identification of the Problems
Based on the background of the problem above, the problem can be identified as follow: first, the students still have low motivation to learn English. Second, the media used by the teacher are uninteresting for students and it makes the students are boring in learning process. Third, the student have difficulty to distinguish among of genres, because they are lazy to practice every time.
Many media can used by teacher in teaching writing especially recount text like pictures sequence, photographs, daily activities and online diary or blog. Through blog teaching learning will be easy than before. As a teacher we need this media, because through media the process of teaching learning more active and the student will be creative.

C. Limitation of the Problems
There are many problems that have been identified. It is impossible for the writer to discuss on the whole problems. So in this paper the writer just focuses on using personal online diary by wordpress in teaching writing in recount text. The writer hopes that personal online diary will be a good dan interesting media in teaching writing especially recount text.

D. Formulation of the Problems
Based on the limitation of the problem above, the problem can be formulated as follow: How to use personal online diary by wordpress to teach writing recount text for Senior High School?

E. Purpose of the Problems
The purpose of the writing this paper is to teach writing and to contribution for the teacher especially English teacher in teaching writing recount text. They can use personal online diary as media to teach writing in recount text for Senior High School. So that, the students will enjoy in learning writing, especially recount text. Beside that, this paper is also purposed to fulfill one requirements to finish strata one (S.1) of English Department, Faculty Teacher Training and Pedagogy of Mahaputra Muhammad Yamin University.

F. Definition of the Key Terms
a.       Writing is one of the skill in language that sound be learned by the Senior High School students to express their idea, feeling, through into written form.
b.      Recount text is a text that telling the reader about one story, action or activity. Its goal is to entertaining or informing the reader, activity or story in the past tense.
c.       Personal online diary or famous with blog is one of media that can be use in teaching writing in recount text for Senior High School

Monday, February 25, 2013

Example of Recount Text: My Adventure at Leang Cave



On Sunday, my parents, my best fruend Novi, and I visited a cave at Maros called Leang-leang . It was my first time to visit the cave, better yet, my best friend came to visit it with me!The cave was famous for its primitive cave wall paintings which were some hand prints and wild boar paintings. The cave and its surroundings were turned into a national park, so it was taken care of. My parents took a rest in a small hut for visitors of the park, while Novi and I adventured around the cave with a guide. We had to climb some metal stairs to get to the cave, because the cave was embedded into a small mountain. 

Sunday, January 6, 2013

Recount Text : R.A Kartini

Every april 21 people in indonesia commemorate the kartini day. It is beautiful day for the woman because we celebrate the birth of great lady R.A. Kartini. Everyone knows who kartini is. she is our national heroine and a great lady with the bright idea.

Kartini was born in 1879 april 21 in mayong jepara. Her father was Rama Sosroningrat Wedana (assistant of head of regency) in mayong. her mother, Ma Ngasirah was a girl from Teluk Awur village in Jepara as the daughter of a noble family, she felt luck because she got more than the ordinary people got. She got better education than other children in november 12 1903 she married adipati djoyodiningrat, the head of rembang regency. According to javanese tradition Kartini had to follow her husband. then she moved to rembang.
 
In september 13 1904 she gave a birth to her son. his name was singgih. but after giving birth to a son, her condition was getting worse and she finally passed away on september 17 1904 on her 25 years old.

Recount Text : Fishing at Seribu Island

Last month, I left Jakarta for Seribu Island. I went there with some members of Jakarta fishing club, who organized the monthly fishing activity. Getting there was not quite easy. It needed two hours by speed boat in a bit rough wave. Soon, after our arrival at Seribu Island, we got a general briefing.

The chief of the fishing club gave some information about the fishing code. It included an explanation how to release out the hook from the fish mouth safely. Then , we began our fishing. We set out to sea early in the morning. Around 4 kilometers from the beach, we started to fish. Apparently, no one caught any big fish.

Recount Text Example: Vacation to London

Mr. Richard’s family was on vacation. They are Mr. and Mrs. Richard with two sons. They went to London. They saw their travel agent and booked their tickets. They went to the British Embassy to get visas to enter Britain. They had booked fourteen days tour. This includes travel and accommodation. They also included tours around London. They boarded a large Boeing flight. The flight was nearly fourteen hours.

On the plane the cabin crews were very friendly. They gave them news paper and magazine to read. They gave them food and drink. There was a film for their entertainment. They had a very pleasant flight. They slept part of the way.