Teaching Argumentative Writing (Discussion Text) to Senior High School Students by Using Small Group Discussion

Abstract

Many students have difficulties in writing discussion text, such as difficult to deliver contrasting ideas in one topic, no interest in the topic and inappropriate strategy or media when doing teaching and learning process. Considering such problems, an appropriate teaching technique is needed to help students improve their ability in writing discussion text. This paper is aimed at explaining how to use small group discussion in writing discussion text. Small group discussion is conducted by making several groups of students consist of six. In implementing small group discussion, the teacher shows the news to the students to stimulate them to give their arguments about the issue presented. Then, the teacher shows the discussion text related to the news given. Next, the teacher gives the students different topics for each group to be discussed. After finishing the discussion, the students write their own discussion text in the group. Finally, the students who are the representatives of each group present their discussion text in front of the class. The objective of this paper is to help the students to stimulate their critical thinking so that they can deliver their opinions in writing a discussion text.

Key words: Writing, Discussion Text, Small Group Discussion