1. IMPROVING STUDENTS’ WRITING SKILL BY MEAN OF DEVELOPING THEIR EXTENSIVE READING By SholihulUmam NPM. 2109060155 ENGLISH EDUCATION PROGRAM FACULTY OF TEACHER TRAINNING AND EDUCATION SCIENCES GALUH UNIVERSITY 2010 2/13/2010 email: sholihulumam@ymail.com 1

3. OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY

5. POPULATION AND SAMPLE

6. INSTRUMENT

7. RESEARCH PROCEDURESH0

10. According to Ruggles (1977: 4), writing is communication which is summarized in five statements, they are: writing is communication, writing is a form of self expression, writing is public, writing is rule governed and writing is way of learning

11. In fact, in teaching circumstance, most educational person says that writing skill is difficult to acquire because writing is compound and complicated skill

13. 2/13/2010 email: sholihulumam@ymail.com 6 Reading is its own reward. There are few or no follow-up exercises after reading. Reading materials are well within the linguistic competence of the studentsin terms of vocabulary and grammar. Dictionaries are rarely used while reading because the constant stopping to look up words makes fluent reading difficult. Reading is individual and silent, at the student's own pace, and, outside class, done when and where the student chooses Reading speed is usually faster rather than slower as students read books and other material they find easily understandable. Teachers orient students to the goals of the program, explain the methodology, keep track of what each student reads, and guide students in getting the most out of the program. 10. The teacher is a role model of a reader for the students -- an active member of the classroom reading community, demonstrating what it means to be a reader and the rewards of being a reader.

14. 2/13/2010 email: sholihulumam@ymail.com 7 Stotsky (1983) and Krashen (1984) reviewed a number of L1 studies that appear to show the positive effect of reading on subjects' writing skills, indicating that students who are prolific readers in their pre-college years become better writers when they enter college. Janopoulos (1986) found that writing proficiency correlates positively with the quantity of time spent on reading for pleasure in the second language. Hafiz &Tudor (1989,1990), in studying the effects of extensive reading among students in the UK and Pakistan respectively reported statistically significant levels of improvement for the experimental groups, particularly in writing. Tsang(1996), in comparing the effects of three different programs on writing performance, also found the one that included extensive reading was significantly effective overall

16. To find out the most effective way in teaching writing at the eleventh grade of SMAN 1 CipariTo find out the best strategy in teaching English vocabulary especially at Junior High School.

17. To measure the effectiveness extensive reading in teaching writing.

18. Significance of the Study

19. For Students: Developing students’ extensive reading will be an effective way in increasing the students’ writing skills and generate the students to be an active and creative writer.

20. For Teachers: It will provide valuable information in regards of teaching writing and help them to solve their difficulties in teaching writing.

22. “Is there any significant difference in students’ writing ability before and after being taught by developing their extensive reading”

23. Hypotheses

24. Ho: There is no significant difference in students’ students’ writing ability before and after being taught by developing their extensive reading.

27. 2/13/2010 email: sholihulumam@ymail.com 12 Note: t : the value by which the statistical significance of the mean difference will be judge D : difference between pre-test and post-test D : mean difference N : sum of the subject Burns (2000: 200)

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