F. Scope of Research (rev 2)

1. Terminology

To avoid ambiguity and misunderstanding, the researcher define the terminology as follow:

b. design

Designing materials is an activity in create the materials to teach the students in order to support teaching learning process.

b. Module

Module is a unit of learning materials designed specifically so that it can be studied by learners independently. It is a complete learning program, arranged systematically, referring to the learning objectives are clear and measurable. Module contains learning objectives, materials and activities to achieve the goals and means of evaluation of the achievement of learning objectives.

c. Descriptive text

It is a kind of genre that social function to describe a particular  person, place, or thing.  Descriptive text is a text which say what a person or a thing is like. Description is used in all form of writing to create a vivid impression of a person, place, object or event.

d. Contextual

Contextual teaching and learning is an educational process that help student see meaning in the academic subject with the context of their daily lives, that is, with the context of their personal, social, and cultural circumstances.

2. Limitation

Regarding the background of the study  above, this research focuses on the developing a module using contextual teaching material to improve students’ writing ability in writing descriptive text. The target of the users of the module are the teacher and the eight grade students in the second semester of SMP