THE IMPLEMENTATION OF SCIENTIFIC APPROACH IN TEACHING WRITING IN SMAN 7 AND SMAN 4 BANJARMASIN

Abstract

Scientific approach is used in the latest curriculum and 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. From five steps of scientific approach, writing process is only seen at associating and communicating. 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 and use another approach that more appropriate with teaching writing. 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.