The Role of Picture Series in Improving Students' Writing Ability

Abstract

Writing plays important roles in English language teaching and learning. However, writing is considered as a difficult skill to be learnt. A writing product should fulfill some criteria, in terms of content, organization, vocabulary, grammar, and mechanics in order to be a good one. Instructional media can help the teachers in teaching writing. This article aims to review the role of picture series, as one of the instructional media, in improving students' writing ability. Picture series are recommended for teaching writing since they are interesting and show the chronological order of a text. This article covers the theory, regulation, research, and practice in teaching writing. It also provides some examples of various media in teaching writing, highlights the role of using picture series in improving students' ability, and shows an example of procedure of how to implement picture series. It is expected that this article could provide a guideline of teaching writing by using picture series and propose some suggestions for future practice and research.