Writing asignment

The Comparison of Research Proposal and Research Plan

THE USING OF PICTURE TO IMPROVE STUDENT’S ABILITY IN WRITING A DESCRIPTIVE PARAGRAPH 

Among the four language skills teach in schools, writing is the most difficult skill to learn. It needs specialized skills that include the ability to express the opinions, the mastering of vocabulary and their coherence. For those reason many researcher try new to make innovation in teaching wring skill. For example Dewi Astuti from IBN KHALDUN UNIVERSITY that is written about the using of picture to improve student’s ability in writing a descriptive paragraph. She tried to use pictures to make student interesting in writing a descriptive text. Dewi Astuti collected the data by asking the students to close their eyes as the teacher reads a short passage for students to visualize. Students open their eyes without talking, draw a picture using as much detail as possible, and add a few words if necessary. Next, the teacher will read a well written descriptive passage and students are to do the same exercise as above.

Just like Dewi Astuti, I am very interested to use pictures as a media to improve students' ability in writing. There are profound thing that will differentiate Dewi Astuti proposal with my research plan. My research will be wider because I do not only emphasize to the descriptive paragraph but the writing in general. For example be a receptionist. Each student gets a picture that has been prepared. After that, the students will write a paragraph about the event based on the picture. This method will make students have higher critical thinking and more creative. I do not take the descriptive paragraph because of several factors. First, the students do not learn about the descriptive text every day. Second, students not only learn about a person, place or thing. Finally, students will be difficult to improve their ability if the  materials are limited.

UNDERSTANDING of APA style

After I read the APA referencing style, I get some information:

1.      How to make references from book in general form

Pradnyandari, N. M. R. (2012). Psikolinguistik: pengantar pemahaman bahasa manusia. Jakarta, Indonesia: Unika Atma Jaya.

2.      Online Report from a Nongovernmental Organization

Pradnyandari, N. M. R. (2012). Psikolinguistik: pengantar pemahaman bahasa manusia. Retrieved from Urban Institute websi e: http://www.urban.org/url.cfm?ID=411823