THE PROCESS OF COMPOSING DESCRIPTIVE ESSAY

OF THE ENGLISH EDUCATION STUDY PROGRAM

STUDENTS

A THESIS

Name: Aveline Meliantha I

ENGLISH LANGUAGE EDUCATION STUDY PROGRAM

FACULTY OF TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION
WIDYA MANDALA SURABAYA CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY

January 2021

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 THE PROCESS OF COMPOSING DESCRIPTIVE ESSAY
OF THE ENGLISH EDUCATION STUDY PROGRAM
STUDENTS

A THESIS
In Partial Fulfilment of the Requirements for Sarjana Pendidikan
Degree
in English Language Teaching

Name: Aveline Meliantha I (1213015063 )

ENGLISH LANGUAGE EDUCATION STUDY PROGRAM

FACULTY OF TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION
WIDYA MANDALA SURABAYA CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY

January 2021

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 APPROVAL SHEET (1)

This thesis entitled “THE PROCESS OF COMPOSING DESCRIPTIVE

ESSAY OF THE ENGLISH EDUCATION STUDY PROGRAM

STUDENTS” prepared and submitted by Aveline Meliantha (1213015063) has

been approved and accepted as a partial fulfilment of requirement for Sarjana

Pendidikan degree in English Department Language Teaching by the following

advisor.

Dr.V. Luluk Prijambodo, M.Pd

Thesis Advisor

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 APPROVAL SHEET (II)

This thesis entitled THE PROCESS OF COMPOSING DESCRIPTIVE

ESSAY OF THE ENGLISH EDUCATION STUDY PROGRAM

STUDENTS prepared and submitted by Aveline Meliantha (NRP.

1213015063) has been approved to be examined and declared by the Board of

Thesis Examiners.

M. N. Siti Mina Tamah, Ph. D

Chairperson

Dr. B. Budiyono Dr. V. Luluk Prijambodo, M.Pd.

Secretary Member

Dr. V. Luluk Prijambodo, M.Pd. Paulus Hady Sutris Winarlim, M.Sc

Dean of Faculty of Teacher Head of English Education Study
Training and Education Program

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STATEMENT OF AUTHENITY

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 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

First of all, the writer would like to be thankful to God for the blessings

and helps that guided the writer to finish the thesis. The writer also would like to

express her gratitude toward all people who have encouraged and helped the

writer in completing the thesis. So the writer would like to thank:

1. Dr.V. Luluk Prijambodo, M.Pd, the writer’s advisor who helped the writer

in the process of writing the thesis.

2. Dr. B. Budiyono and M. N. Siti Mina Tamah, Ph.D., the writer’s

examiners who have given suggestions and advice for the improvement of

the thesis.

3. All the lecturers of the English Education Study Program of Widya

Mandala Catholic University Surabaya for their guidance during the

writer’s study here.

4. All of the participants of the study, students from the academic year of

2020/2021 for the participants to fill the questionnaire during their busy

time.

Suffice it to say, the writer would like to hope that the thesis will be

beneficial for the readers.

The writer,

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 TABLE OF CONTENS

APPROVAL SHEET (1).......................................................................................ii

APPROVAL SHEET (II).....................................................................................iii
STATEMENT OF AUTHENTICITY.................................................................iv
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT.....................................................................................v
TABLE OF CONTENS........................................................................................vi
LIST OF TABLES..............................................................................................viii
LIST OF FIGURE................................................................................................ ix
CHAPTER I........................................................................................................... 1
INTRODUCTION..................................................................................................1
1.1 Background of the Study...........................................................................................1
1.2 The Research Question..............................................................................................2
1.3 The Objective of the Study........................................................................................2
1.4 The Scope of study.....................................................................................................3
1.5 Significance of the Study...........................................................................................3
1.6 Definitions of Key Terms...........................................................................................3
1.7 Theoretical Framework.............................................................................................4
1.8 The Organization of the Study..................................................................................4
CHAPTER II..........................................................................................................6
REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE...........................................................6
2.1 The Nature of Descriptive Writing...........................................................................6
2.1.1 The Definition of Writing.......................................................................................7
2.1.2 The Purposes of Writing.........................................................................................8
2.1.3 The Writing Genres.............................................................................................. 12
2.1.4 The Composing Process........................................................................................ 15
2.2 The Teaching of Writing.......................................................................................... 16
2.2.2 The Assesment in The Teaching Of Descriptive Essay.......................................17
2.2.3 The Teaching of Descriptive Essay...................................................................... 18
2.3 Writing B Course..................................................................................................... 18
2.3.1 Standard of Competence...................................................................................... 18

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2.3.2 The Objectives of Writing Course B .................................................................... 18
2.4 Review of Previous Studies ...................................................................................... 19
CHAPTER III...................................................................................................... 21
RESEARCH METHOD ..................................................................................... 21
3.1.The Research Design ................................................................................................ 21
3.2 The Research Subjects ............................................................................................. 21
3.3 The Research Data ................................................................................................... 21
3.4 The Research Instruments ....................................................................................... 22
3.5 The Data Collection Procedure ............................................................................... 23
3.6 The Data Analysis Technique .................................................................................. 23
CHAPTER IV ...................................................................................................... 24
FINDINGS AND DISCUSSIONS ...................................................................... 24
4.1 Findings..................................................................................................................... 24
4.1.1 Before writing In English’ Stage .......................................................................... 24
4.1.1 When Writing in English’ Stage .......................................................................... 27
4.1.3 When Revising in Writing in English Stage ........................................................ 31
4.2 Discussion of the Findings ....................................................................................... 35
CHAPTER V ....................................................................................................... 40
CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTION .............................................................. 40
5.1 Conclusion ................................................................................................................ 40
5.2 Suggestions ............................................................................................................... 41
5.2.1 Suggestions for EFL Students .............................................................................. 41
5.2.2 Suggestion for Teachers of Writing ..................................................................... 41
5.2.3 Suggestions for Further studies ............................................................................ 41
REFERENCE ...................................................................................................... 43
APPENDIX .......................................................................................................... 46

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 LIST OF TABLES

Table 4.1 The Frequencies of ‘Before Writing

in English’ Stage ……………………………………….. 30

Table 4.2. The Frequencies of ‘When Writing

in English’ Stage ……………………………………………. 23

Table 4.3 The Frequencies of ‘When Revising in Writing

in English ‘Stage …………………………………………… 22

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 LIST OF FIGURE

Figure 2.1 Communication Triangle …………………………………….. 22

Figure 2.2. White and Arndt’s (1991) Model of Writing ………………… 23

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 ABSTRACT

Aveline, Meliantha I. (2020). The Process of Composing Descriptive Essays of the English Education Study Program Students. Thesis,
English Department Study Program Faculty of Teachers’ Training And Education, Widya Mandala Catholic University. Advisor:
Dr. V. Luluk Prijambodo, M.Pd.

English is an international language widely used in every country in the world. As an international language, English is very
important to learn. Indonesian students also need to develop their English competence. Writing is a complex process that involves
generating and developing ideas, analysing the meaning, and making decisions about the contents, forms, organizations, and styles. In
other words, writing is an open process of discovery. Students are still thinking that writing skill is a really difficult and complex
process to be mastered.
Concerning the composing process, this study is intended to describe the composing process of the English Education Study
Program students in writing essays. The source of the research data of this quantitative study was the participants’ answers to the
online questionnaire distributed by the researcher.
The findings show that the students under study wrote their essay through the three stages: pre/before writing, whilst/while
wiritng in English, and post/ when revising stages though the percentage varied. Some other related and
important aspects were also found in this study Petric, Czarl (2003). Based on these findings, the researcher suggests three important
points. First, it is suggested that another study on other writing genres be conducted. Second, it is suggested that to improve the
student's skill in writing descriptive essays, teachers provide good explanation about composing process to their students.