Abstrak :
ABSTRACT
Hartanto, Hendrik 2023. Applying Photovoice in Teaching Writing Hortatory
Exposition Text. (An Explorative Study on The Implementation of Photovoice in
Teaching Writing at The 11th grade of SMA Negeri 4 Purwokerto in the Academic
Year 2023/2024). Thesis. Supervisor 1: Dian Adiarti, S.Pd., M.Hum., Supervisor 2:
Weksa Fradita Asriyama, S.Pd., M.Pd., Chief External Examiner: Erna Wardani,
S.Pd., M.Hum., External Examiner: Laxmi Mustika Cakrawati, S.Pd., M.Pd.,
Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology, Jenderal Soedirman
University, Faculty of Humanities, Department of Language Education, English
Education Study Program, Purwokerto, 2023.
This research was about the implementation of photovoice in teaching
writing hortatory exposition text at the eleventh grade class of SMA Negeri 4
Purwokerto in the academic year 2023/2024. This was aimed at exploring in terms
of how photovoice implemented and the teacher’s opinions towards the applying
photovoice in teaching writing class. The method of this research was qualitative
with explorative design which involving the English teacher as collaborator to apply
this method in her class. The researcher used purposive sampling to recruit the
participants. The participants of this research were the students of XI MIPA 1 of
SMA Negeri 4 Purwokerto and the English teacher in charge of the class. The data
were collected through observations and interview. The observation was conducted
to know how photovoice was implemented in the class and the interview was done
to know the teacher’s opinion about the method. Reffering to the description of the
data findings and analysis, the researcher concluded that the implementation of
photovoice was sucessful. It was accordance on the final achievement of applying
photovoice, namely producing images and writing captions. The detailed phases
are; (1) first meeting, the teacher introduced photovoice and gave the material about
hortatory exposition, (2) second meeting, the teacher focused on the material and
elaborated about photography, rules and project (3) third meeting, hunting and
writing activity. Within its implementation, the teacher also concerned on the
material-focused while applying photovoice in the class. The second result of this
research revealed about the teacher’s opinion towards the application of photovoice.
According to the interview-based result, the teacher perceived that photovoice can
promote critical thinking, enhance content understanding and stimulate students’
imaginations in the cognitive aspect. Besides that, in the affective aspect, the
teacher revealed that photovoice is interesting and engaging because it can enhance
teacher and students’ involvement in the classroom. In addition, the teacher faced
problems when implemeting photovoice as follows: facility, students’ attention and
writing skills. Ultimately, the photovoice was applicable in teaching writing
hortatory exposition text.
Keywords: photovoice, writing, hortatory exposition, teaching writing
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