The Use of Genre-Based Approach to Teach Students Writing Skill of Hortatory Exposition Text in Bahasa Indonesia

Nowadays, genre-based approach (GBA) has become a popular approach in teaching English, particularly in writing. The interest to use this approach in other languages emerges following its success in English language teaching. However, in fact, the use of this approach in teaching other languages, in this case Bahasa Indonesia, is still limited. Thus, a study to observe the use of genre-based approach in teaching Bahasa Indonesia is necessary. This study aims to investigate the impacts of genre based approach to teach writing hortatory exposition text in Bahasa Indonesia. Both quantitative and qualitative in form of case study was employed to gain the data. The data were taken from observation, tests, and interview involving six students in senior high school level. As result, genre-based approach gives significant impacts on the students' writing of discussion text, particularly in the genre moves; schematic structure and linguistic features of the text.