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

Sani, Kirana Aulia. 2023. The Effects of Genre-Based Approach in Teaching
Writing in Indonesia's Senior High School as Values Contributing to English
Learning. Final Project, English Education Study Program, Faculty of Language
and Arts Education, Universitas PGRI Semarang. Dr. Dyah Nugrahani, S.Pd.,
M.Hum., Siti Musarokah, S.Pd., M.Hum.
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.
Keywords: Learning method, Teaching Writing, Writing Skills, Senior High
School. Genre-based approach