Students’ ability in writing descriptive text at grade X MA YPKS Padangsidimpuan

Nurasiah, Nurasiah (2014) Students’ ability in writing descriptive text at grade X MA YPKS Padangsidimpuan. Undergraduate thesis, IAIN Padangsidimpuan.

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Abstract

The aims of the research were to know students’ ability in writing descriptive text at grade X MA YPKS Padangsidimpuan, to know the difficulties of the students in writing descriptive text at grade X MA YPKS Padangsidimpuan, and to know the efforts to solve the students difficulties that done by the English teacher at grade X MA YPKS Padangsidimpuan. The research was conducted by descriptive analysis and qualitative approach. The source of the data in this research was students of grade X-2 MA YPKS Padangsidimpuan. X-2 class was primary sources of the data and English teacher was secondary sources of the data. Primary sources consisted of 30 students and secondary sources consisted of a teacher and headmaster. There were 3 instruments in collecting data: test, interview, and observation. Data were processed and analyzed with qualitative process. The test that analyzed by the mean score was just as a supporting analysis. After doing the research to the students of grade X-2 MA YPKS Padangsidimpuan, it could be concluded that the students’ ability in writing descriptive text was enough category. So, there were still the students’ difficulties in using simple present tense, vocabulary, and mechanic parts of indicator writing. Then, the efforts done by the English teacher in overcoming the difficulties; firstly, the English teacher must explain again in a very detail explanation about simple present tense for them like writing the present sentence in descriptive text more, more and more. Secondly, the English teacher ordered them to bring the dictionary in learning English. If they did not know about the vocabulary that they needed, so they can open dictionary directly. The last is the English teacher, indeed, she explained again about the mechanic of writing like the punctuation, coma, or semicolon, and full stop.

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