3.1 Micro Skills Presented in the Writing Exercises
• Totally 143 tasks in the written cycle.
• Five out of six from the micro skills have been included.
• There are 65 out of 143 from the writing tasks that do not include any of the micro skills.
3. Result and Discussions
3.2 Macro Skills Presented in the Writing Exercises
• Not all of the macro skills are included in writing exercises.
• There are five out of six macro skills that have already covered in the exercises.
• There are 79 out of 143 from the writing tasks that do not include any of the macro skills.
• English textbook for Junior High School students grade VIII published by Yudhistira is already enriched with the writing exercises which cover the micro skills and macro skills of writing suggested by Brown
. • lack of writing exercises that contain the micro skills and macro skills of writing. Thus, it is less effective to be used as a learning aid in teaching writing in order to achieve writing competence.