Nicenet: Improving Writing Skills

CHAPTER I

INTRODUCTION

A. Background

Writing has been with us for several thousand years, and nowadays is more important than ever. Having spread steadily over the centuries from clay tablets to computer chips, it is poised for further dramatic advances. Although hundreds of millions of people are still unable to read and write, humanity relies on writing to an unprecedented extent. It is quite possible that, today, more communication takes place in the written than in the oral mode. There is no objective measure, but if there were any doubts, the Internet explosion has laid to rest the idea that for the human race at large writing is only a ‘minor’ form of communication. It is not risky to call writing the single most consequential technology

Scope of the Research

The title of this thesis is the influence of nicenet (internet classroom assistant) to improve writing skill at the first year of SMAN 1 Watampone. This study is limited only to the writing skill in recount text. The researcher chooses recount text in line with the curricula that SMAN 1 Watampone used for the first year students in academic 2014/2015.

F. Definition of Terms

The title of this research is influence of Nicenet (internet classroom assistant) to improve writing skill thus, to avoid some erroneous interpretation of the store of intent and purpose of writing this paper thus there will be no miss understanding in the future regarding this thesis, the writer needed to give meaning by dictionary as follows:

The word of “influence” means the power to have an effect on people or things, or a person or thing that is able to do this, or the word of “influence” can be distinguished as power to have an effect on the way someone or something develops, behaves, or thinks without using direct force or commands.

While Internet classroom assistant, the word “internet” means the large system of connected computers around the world which allows people to share information and communicate with each other using