Students’ writing ability in recount text at grade XI MAS Thoyibah Islamiyah Hutaraja Paluta

Harahap, Nurlainun (2018) Students’ writing ability in recount text at grade XI MAS Thoyibah Islamiyah Hutaraja Paluta. Undergraduate thesis, IAIN Padangsidimpuan.

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Abstract

This research discussed about students’ problems in writing at grade XI Thoyibah Islamiyah Hutaraja Paluta. Almost all of the students are unwilling to used English in communication. It came from students themselves. They were feeling ashamed and they were afraid to express their ideas. They worried everyone would mock them. Another reason concerned with the students’ environmet, parent and teaching learning tehnique in their school. It came from the phenomenon that was found when the researcher interviewed one of English teacher of grade XI MAS Thoyibah Islamiyah Hutaraja Paluta about what are the students’problem in meeting the teaching writing. Then, the researcher formulated the problems became: how was the students’ ability in writing recount text at grade XI MAS Thoyibah Islamiyah Hutaraja Paluta? This research is conducted by quantitative research. The population of this research 109 students of the grade XI. Then, sample of research intended 32 students, they were XI. Next, this research analyzed the data by mean score formula; to know the students’ writing ability score and the students’ problmes in teaching writing. Then hyphotesis used Z-test formula. Based on the research result, students’ writing ability at grade XI MAS Thoyibah Islamiyah Hutaraja Paluta was 44.37 score. So it could be categorized that the ability of XI MAS Thoyibah Islamiyah Hutara Paluta in writing recount text in 2017-2018 academic year was enough category. Then, the hypothesis was accepted by using Z-test, because Zcount = 0,45 Ztable = 0,3264. Then, being ashamed was the main factor for discouraging them in writing. Next, some of them are good in English writing but their motivation was also low to develop their speaking skill. Hopefully, the research result can be positive input for other researcher and teacher to conducted the research, particularly on writing issue. It is concluded that ability in writing recount text of the grade XI MAS Thoyibah Islamiyah Hutaraja Paluta belong average.

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