THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE STAGE OF JOINT CONSTRUCTION OF THE TEXT BASED ON THE GENRE-BASED APPROACH IN TEACHING WRITING AT SMP NEGERI 1 SUTERA PESISIR SELATAN

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Abstract

This research was aimed to describe how the English teachers apply the stage of joint construction of the text based on Genre-based Approach in teaching writing. The design of this research was descriptive. The population of this research was English teachers at SMP Negeri 1 Sutera Pesisir Selatan. In selecting sample, the researcher used total sampling technique. The result of data analysis showed one English teacher who acted as scribe using whiteboard while class jointly constructs a text. The findings showed that the teachers drew students’ attention to the stages of the writing process, in preparing to write and drafting process, some of the teachers used pictures to invite students’ idea to be able to write the text in group or in peer, one teacher who prepared skeleton text with minimal clues, the teacher prepared information gap activities to construct text by thinking about the difficulties which may happened when the students wrote the text, the teachers edited the draft of the student’s text by asking one group to write their text, two teachers who compared the students text with the model. The findings also showed the teacher asked the learners to prepare the text by doing correction again to their text and presenting it by reading it front of the class. The researcher suggests the teacher to do more activities in Joint Construction of the Text. The next researcher is suggested to widen the classes and observed more than four texts.

Key words: Implementation, Stage, Joint Construction of the Text, Genre-based Approach, Writing