ABSTRACT

Arianti, Desi. 2021. The Implementation of Scientiific Approach in Teaching Writing in SMAN 7 and SMAN 4 Banjarmasin. Sarjana’s Thesis. English Language Education Study Program. Faculty of Teacher Training and Education, Lambung Mangkurat University, Banjarmasin. The first advisor: Dr. Jumariati, M.Pd. The second advisor: Nasrullah, M.Pd., B.I.

Keywords: Implementation, Scientific Approach, Teaching, Writing.

This research concerns with the implementation of scientific approach in teaching writing in SMAN 7 and SMAN 4 Banjarmasin. Scientific approach has five steps such as observing, questioning, exploring, associating, and communicating. Writing skill becomes an important skill for students because writing skill has significance in improving a communicative competence of learning the language. The purpose of the research is to describe the implementation of scientific approach in teaching writing for eleven grade students at SMAN 7 and SMAN 4 Banjarmasin.

This research was a descriptive qualitative research. The researcher used purposive sampling for deciding the sample. The sample of this study is an English teacher and students in SMAN 7 and SMAN 4 Banjarmasin. The instruments that were used in this study were observation, interview, and questionnaire. In this research, the data was analyzed qualitatively by using three stages.

The findings showed that the teacher has implemented steps of scientific approach in the learning process of writing skills. However, all of these steps cannot be carried out optimally, because writing skills require a long writing process. In the observing and questioning stages, the teachers applied them well by frequently asking the students to observe the text and the pictures and listen to their teacher when telling stories. Questions between the teacher and students were also often occurred. In the exploring stage, the students explored the material in groups by discussing or by listening to the teacher explained the learning material directly. At the associating stage, students got more writing sources from the internet as their inspiration material. Then at the communicating stage, the teacher asked students more often to collect their writing or students were allowed to write at home.

In conclusion, the English teachers of SMAN 7 Banjarmasin and SMAN 4 Banjarmasin have implemented scientific approach in teaching writing skill, although the approach is not applied perfectly. It is suggested that the teachers apply scientific approach more maximally. The teacher could maximize the use of more varied learning methods so that students are more active. For further research, this study can be a reference to explore more about how to use the scientific approach or other methods that can be successful for teaching English, especially teaching writing.