THE EFFECTS OF GENRE-BASED APPROACH IN TEACHING WRITING IN INDONESIA'S SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL

Abstract

Learning method is a systematic and regular process carried out by educators in directing material to their students. Learning methods are important because they can help many individual including students, educators, professionals and learning and development specialist to better understand the particular modalities that can help learners process information most effectively. One of the methods used in teaching is genre-based approach. Genre-based approach (GBA) has gained popularity as a method for teaching English, particularly in writing. One other important thing in learning to write is how students come up with ideas to put in their writing. By generating ideas, students can easily develop a writing framework. This research is aimed at describing the effects of a genre-based approach in teaching writing in Indonesia's senior high schools. This research used qualitative descriptive method. The data was collected using documentation, which then analyzed by using qualitative analysis. The three steps of qualitative analysis are data reduction, data display, and conclusion. The results of the research showed that Genre-based approach can (1) improve the students' writing ability, (2) enhance students’ sentences building, (3) improve students’ control over certain texts linguistic features with particular communicative purpose, and (4) Heightened students' motivation.