Abstract :
This study aims to know the appearance of teachers and measures in
teaching writing descriptive paragraph through picture media and to know the
students learning outcomes after the teaching and learning process in writing
descriptive paragraphs through picture media. The purpose of this study is to
describe the use of picture media in the ability to write descriptions and the
student learning outcomes in the three schools, namely SMP Islam, MTS Miftahul
jannah, and Mts Al-Mubarok.
The type of this study is descriptive qualitative. The subject in this study is
English teachers 7th grade and the students 7th grade at three schools, namely SMP
Islam, MTS Miftahul Jannah, and MTS Al-Mubarok. This research was done
three times during the process of teaching and learning takes place. Media used in
teaching by the teachers to write a descriptive paragraph that picture media. Data
collection techniques of observation during the teachers were teaching, documents
owned by the teachers, and teacher interview. In this study, the writer analyzed
the data, by means of observations when teaching and learning, sees the
documents from the student learning outcomes, and interviews to 7th grade
English teacher in the implementation of teaching writing descriptive paragraphs
through picture media.
The results of this study can be seen in the analysis of the data shows that
the implemented of teaching writing descriptive paragraph through picture media
either through some way in its implementation. They comprise three stages,
namely: pre-teaching writing, whilst teaching writing, and post teaching writing.
The writer get the results in a third of the teachers observations that apply picture
media in teaching writing descriptive paragraph in pre-teaching, in a manner
showing picture media before discussion, which gives students a picture they can
describe the picture to be a descriptive paragraph, because this could lure
students? knowledge. With the use of picture media can make the students more
enthusiastic, focus, they found interesting, and makes them more motivated in
learning. In student learning outcomes, the writer can see from the documents
owned by the teacher. The writer can see that their learning results is also good
because there have been many that go beyond the KKM is already determined by
the teacher.
Thus, it can be concluded that the use of the media is very influential on
the student learning outcomes and by using picture media can help the students to
develop ideas, enhance the interest and motivation of the students, making the students more enthusiastic and focus so that the students do not feel bored, as well
as make more active and lively classroom for higher learning than ever before.
Therefore, the teachers should be more interactive in teaching using
picture media, so that the students can be more upbeat again in learning,
particularly in the writing descriptive paragraph. The teachers should select media
and materials to suit the needs and experiences of the students so that the
atmosphere of the class to be fun and exciting.