The Use of Discovery Learning Model in Teaching Writing Descriptive Text for The Secondary School Students of Grade X in Yogyakarta

Abstract

This paper describes English teaching method for writing descriptive texts using the discovery learning model. The discovery learning model is a teaching approach that encourages students to learn through exploration and discovery. The discovery learning model can be applied in teaching writing descriptive texts for x grade in secondary high school with the steps: (1) stimulation - when the teacher providesstimulation by asking students to observe the media; (2) problem statement - when the teacher guides the students to formulate the problem in the form questions; (3) data collection - when the students are allowed to collect various information about historical place images; (4) data processing, when the teacher facilitated students by giving them the freedom to search on the internet and providing concrete examples, such as images and supporting text (5) verification - when the teacher guided the students to verify composed text; (6) generalization - when the teacher gave conclusion based on the findings. The lesson learned from the best practice is that the discovery learning model can be used to help students to create their own descriptive text and develop their writing skills by allowing them to explore and discover the elements of descriptive writing on their own. By using discovery learning in learning descriptive text, students tend to be more active and involved;so, they can understand the material better.