@mastersthesis{eprints29300, month = {September}, title = {SCAFFOLDING STRATEGY BASED WRITING INSTRUCTION TO PROMOTE STUDENTS? AUTONOMY IN WRITING}, school = {MASTER IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHING STUDY PROGRAM}, author = {1523042015 VIKE APRILIANIN MARWINTARIA SAPUTRI}, year = {2017}, url = {http://digilib.unila.ac.id/29300/}, abstract = {Scaffolding strategy, as an instructional strategy, is a significant tool to contribute to the learning process because it provides opportunities for the students to solve their learning problems. The purpose of this present study was to find out the impact of scaffolding strategy based writing instruction to the students? autonomy in writing. To carry out this present study, twenty first year students of Senior High School of Madarijul ?Ulum, Teluk Betung Barat, Bandar Lampung in academic year 2016 ? 2017 were selected as the participants. This present study used quantitative and qualitative method. Afterward, it included one sample group, namely experimental group so that the researcher only used one class in this present study in which was called as the experimental class. To collect the required data, three instruments (writing test (pretest and posttest), questionnaire (pretest and posttest), and interview ) were administered to the sample group during the experimentation. Subsequently, the students? scores were collected through the administration of different tests and the results were statistically analyzed. The results of these analyses revealed that the sample group had increased especially independence in writing. The researcher believes that scaffolding strategy based writing instruction can promote the students? writing ability and the students? autonomy in writing of the first year students of Senior High School of Madarijul ?Ulum. Besides that, the students has also positive response to scaffolding strategy based-writing instruction. Keywords: learning autonomy, scaffolding strategy based writing instruction, writing skill } }