Increasing Students Writing Ability Through Social Network (Group of Facebook ) at SMA N 2 Tataaran

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Background of study

Language is the basic skills are needed for real communication among people. By using language, we will able to express our ideas and feeling. In the world English become an International language. So, that is the keys for peoples to interact each other although they from different countries. Here, the teacher plays important role to be able to set classroom activity and in learning English in order to develop students ability to communicate using all the resources they have already acquired to interact with others about their needs and interest. There are so many approaches, methods, and techniques that can be used by the teacher. English teaching involves of four language skills (Listening, Speaking, Reading and Writing). Writing as part of four language skills is important to be learned and mastered by every individual. Writing is an activity used by someone to communicate with other by a text. It takes place very where and has become part of our daily activities. When someone writes, he or she interacts and uses the language to express his or her ideas and feeling. He or she also shares information to other through communication. One technique that can be used by the teacher to increase the students ability in English is Social Network. Through Social Network such as Facebook there are so many advantages for students and teachers in learning process. The students can be more motivated and challanged. Facebook also encourage students to interact and communicate. Facebook is a social networking that most popular in young people. All the day, they used FB for update her or she status or upload their photos, so it is become their best friends. The researcher through that is a solution for the student to learn English. Because something within their activities every day is the good way to took as a technique that can be used by the teacher to increase the students ability in English. Group of facebook is created by teacher, and all of the student will added in the group. All the information, assignment will upload in the group and all the text of students will also uploaded in the group and each other can comment each other to correction their friends text based on the instructional material that they have in learning process in school. By the technique student can learn how to write a good text and correction each other. Learn with using social networking, student can have a lot of fun and and get rid off their

tiresome during the lesson because the media that be used is interesting for them and make them challenged. Based on the background above the research entitled Increasing Student Writing Ability Through Social Network (Group of Facebook ) at SMA N 2Tataaran.