CHAPTER I

INTRODUCTION

A. RESEARCH BACKGROUND
Language is the most important thing in communicating especially
with people from various nations throughout the world. As an international
language, English is very important and has many links to various aspects
of life that humans have. In Indonesia, English is considered to be the
main foreign language and is formally taught from elementary school and
even at the University. In English, there are 4 skills and writing is one of
them, in writing students must know about grammar, vocabulary, sentence
structure, sentence sequence, and sentence connection. Sometimes there
are students who are proficient in speaking English but do not understand
how to write it properly. In fact, most students in Indonesia do not learn
English well, especially in writing.
Not all students have the ability to express their inspiration into
written form due to a lack of interest in learning writing skills. This also
happened at SMAN 1 Simpang Raya, when they were asked to do writing,
but many students found various obstacles. Just say "They have a lot of
memorization of vocabulary but can't put it in written text". The students
who only knew a little vocabulary also could not write, they did not master
grammar, and many students were not interested in writing. Because
writing activities tend to be boring and they close themselves in learning
writing in English.
The researcher observed at SMAN 1 Simpang Raya and found
several problems related to learning English itself, where the problem was:
The students were low in writing, The students were low motivated in
learning English, the teacher used a monotonous and inappropriate
teaching technique . So that is the reason why students are not interested in
learning. One way to improve students' writing skills is that students must
 be more active than teachers by guiding them using quick writing methods
in order to hone their writing skills.
Based on these explanations, researchers are interested in
conducting research entitled "Improving Student's Ability in Writing
Paragraphs Through Quick Writing Method To Eleventh Grade SMAN 1
Simpang Raya".

B. OBJECTIVE OF THE RESEARCH

The objectives of this study are :
1. To find out whether the speed reading method can improve student
writing skills in English at SMAN 1 Simpang Raya.
2. To find out the advantages of the speed reading method that allows the
results to be evaluated in the future.
3. To help students in the learning stage and improve English skills.
4. To be a requirement for researchers to get a Bachelor's degree (S1) in
the English language education department Faculty of teacher training
and education in Muhammadiyah University Luwuk.

C. HYPOTHESIS
Hypotheses are guiding ideas, possible statements, and search for
relevant data and other considerations and predict specific outcomes. In
each study certain hypotheses need to be formulated, because according to
Helt and Good (1952: 73) the formulation of hypotheses is a central step in
good research and it is important to give a lot of thought. The research
hypothesis can be formulated where students are taught how to improve
their writing skills based on fast English writing skills.

D. SIGNIFICANCE OF THE RESEARCH

Using this research, there is significance for students, teachers,
other researchers, and the authors themselves.
 1. For students
This research will help students to learn more vocabulary and apply it to
writing in the form of a quick writing exercise
2. For English teachers
This study is useful to determine the effectiveness of training students
in writing based on fast writing so that teachers can evaluate this
method when they teach writing in the future.
3. For other researchers
The results of this study can be a source of information for other
researchers who are also examining ways to improve students' writing
skills based on how to write quickly.
4. For the researchers themselves
The results of this study can be useful to increase knowledge about
teaching English in writing skills based on fast writing.

E. SCOPE AND LIMITS OF THE RESEARCH

The scope of the study is limited to the subject and object under
investigation.
1. Subject
The subjects of this study were 11th grade students of SMA Negeri 1
Simpang Raya in the academic year 2018/2019
2. Object
The object of this research is the influence of how to write quickly on
students' writing skills.

F. DEFINITON OF THE KEY TERMS

In this section, several important terms must be operationally defined
to avoid misinterpretations and misunderstandings about what is discussed
in this thesis. They are: (1)Teaching, (2)Vocabulary, (3)Word Search
Puzzles.
(1) Teaching
Teaching is the activity of guiding students to learn about activities,
organize, and regulate their surroundings. Students can stimulate and
develop students to learn the change of teaching which is evidence done
by the teacher to improve student learning activities. Teaching is an
activity where teachers convey knowledge and experience to their
students. The goal is so that the knowledge conveyed to students can be
understood by students. Teaching is an activity that is organized or
manages the environment well and is connected with children, and
becomes involved in the learning process.

(2) Vocabulary
Vocabulary is the total number of words that make up a language and a list
or set of words arranged in alphabetical order and explained; dictionaries
or lexicons, both from all languages, single works or authors, branches of
science, or the like; a word book. Vocabulary is defined as all words that
are known and used by certain people. However, words that are known
and used by certain people are not all words revealed by someone.

(3) Word Search Puzzles

Word search puzzles are games in search of words, both vertically,
horizontally and diagonally. This game can help students improve their
vocabulary and make them happy in doing word search puzzle games.
 CHAPTER II
REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE
A. REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE
B. REVIEW OF THE PREVIOUS STUDIES

CHAPTER III
RESEARCH METHOD
A. RESEARCH DESIGN
B. POPULATION AND SAMPLE
C. RESEARCH INSTRUMENT
D. DATA COLLECTION TECHNIQUE
E. DATA ANALYSES TECHNIQUE