Abstract :
Writing activities in EFL teaching learning process was monotonous and
some time too easy for the clever students and too difficult for the low students.
Not only that, some writing activities dominated in other skills and all of those
became the basic reason in conducting this research. So, implementation in this
research explained about the whole teaching learning process, include: kind of
activities that used by the teacher and how the teacher applied it. Then, students'
perception is the students? opinion after getting writing activities that given by the
teacher, such as: their opinion after getting teacher?s feedback. This research used
descriptive qualitative design with two EFL teachers and 6 students of 8th grade at
Junior High School as the subjects which selected through questionnaire and
teachers? recommendations. The researcher took the data twice for each teacher
by recording observation, field note, and interview form as the tool which could
help the researcher in taking the data. There are three steps in analyzing the data,
they are: data reduction, data display, and conclusion drawing.
After taking the data, and analyzed it, the researcher found that not all
types of writing activities applied by EFL teacher. 1) In pre-writing, the activities
could be applied to introduce the writing topic that were questioning and
explaining, and visualization activities done by watching video, arranging random
sentences, using pictures. Then the activities could be applied to students in
getting idea were visualization by using pictures and arranging random sentences.
In whilst-writing, the activities could be tasks such as guiding, conferring with
students and giving suggestion. In post-writing, the activities could be asking the
students read paper in front the class, letting students compare their work, giving
mark in students? task. 2) The students felt interest when the teacher gave
visualization by watching video and 4 to 5 pictures, they also felt helped when the
teacher gave suggestion, guided them in making good paragraph, and conferred
with them individually, and the students prefer to get mark to their paper because
it made them understand more.
The conclusion was visualization by watching video became the most favorite
activity that could take their full attention and interest. In completion, the students
did give their attentions in all writing activities that given by the teacher.
It is suggested for 1) the teacher to combine two or more activities like
watching movie, questioning and arranging sentences to take their attention, 2) for
the students, it is suggested to keep the class situation when they did a task and 3)
for the further researcher, it is suggested to analyze other skill activities so that it
could be a literature for teacher to make teaching learning process more interesting