IMPLEMENTATION TEACHING

WRITING BY INQUIRY BASED

LEARNING OF SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
STUDENTS

Siti Munawaroh 1211202780

TEACHING WRITING
BY
INQUIRY BASED
LEARNING

INTRODUCTION
Writing is the most difficult skill to
master for foreign language learners.
Inquiry-based learning is a learning process
through questions generated from the
interests,
curiosities,
and
perspectives/experiences of the learner.
(Sincero,
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on
Saturday,
November 21st 2015, 2.19 p.m from
http://www.inquirylearn.com/Inquirydef.htm)

TEACHING
Writing is the
mental work of inventing idea,
WRITING

thinking about how to express them, and

organizing them into statements and
paragraph that will be clear to a reader
(Nunan, 2003: 88).
Three paradigms of teaching writing the
Product Approach, the Process Approach, the
Genre-Based Approach. (Fauziati, 2010: 46)
a) The Product Approach
b) The Process Approach
c) The Genre Based Approach

INQUIRY BASED
LEARNING
Inquiry learning is an approach that provides learners

opportunities to actively develop skills that enable

them to locate, gather, analyze critique and apply
information in a wide range of contexts as they
develop understanding (Quest, downloaded from
http://ictnz.com/Inquiry%20Learning/inquirydefinition
.htm
, on Saturday, November 21st 2015 at 12.12 p.m.).
Inquiry-based learning is a learning process through
questions generated from the interests, curiosities,
and perspectives/experiences of the learner. When
investigations grow from our own questions,
curiosities, and experiences, learning is an organic
and motivating process that is intrinsically enjoyable
(Sincero, downloaded on Saturday, November 21st
2015,
2.19
p.m
from
http://www.inquirylearn.com/Inquirydef.htm ).

CHARACTERISTICS OF
INQUIRY BASED
LEARNING
Characteristics of inquiry based learning :

a.
b.
c.
d.

Learning is essentially student-centered.

Lecturers become facilitator.
Students reach a point.
Students gain not only a deeper
understanding of the subject-matter, but
also the knowledge-development.

Benefit of Inquiry Based

Learning
Benefit of Inquiry Based Learning, they are:

a) Fundamentally, students are more engaged

with the subject.
b) Students can expand on what they have
learned by following their own research
interests.
c) Inquiry Based Learning allows students to
develop a more flexible approach to their
studies.
d) Working within and communicating to a
group are vital for a students employability.
e) Self-directed learning not only develops key
skills for postgraduate study, but also leads
to original thought that contributes to larger
research projects, papers and publications.

Steps of the Inquiry Based

Learning Process
The inquiry process involves the following steps, they
are:

a) Observe a process or event.

b) Formulate
questions
based
observations.
c) Develop a workable hypothesis.
d) Devise a strategy for testing it.
e) Analyze and draw conclusions
collected data.
f) Communicate findings to others.

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HOW RAIN OCCURS

TITLE
General statement of
the phenomenon
Explanation sequence
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HOW DOES THE RAIN OCCUR ?