An analysis on students’ ability in writing descriptive text at Fifth Semester Students of English Department IAIN Padangsidmpuan

Aminah, Siti (2022) An analysis on students’ ability in writing descriptive text at Fifth Semester Students of English Department IAIN Padangsidmpuan. Undergraduate thesis, IAIN Padangsidimpuan.

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Abstract

This research aim is to know the students’ ability in writing descriptive text at fifth semester students of English department IAIN Padangsidimpuan. This research used quantitative descriptive research. The subject of this research were students at fifth semester students of English department IAIN Padangsidimpuan, The formulation of problem in this research was “How is the students’ ability in writing descriptive text at fifth semester students of English Department IAIN Padangsidimpuan. Therefore the object was students ability in writing descriptive text. The aim of this research was to know the students’ ability in writing descriptive text at fifth semester students of English department IAIN Padangsidimpuan. Quantitative descriptive was kind of research used in this research. The writer used purposive sampling technique in case of the sample. The writer took 36 from 102 of students from TBI-3. The writer give a test to students to collect data. In analyzing the data, the researcher used the following steps: collecting the data, scoring data, and calculate the data. Based on the data analysis, the writer found that the students lack in using mechanics well, it can be seen from percentages of mean score in writing ability question sheet. The writer found that the students ability in generic structure was high and the students ability in lexicogrammatical was low. The writer concluded that the result of this research were students ability in writing descriptive text at fifth semester students of English department IAIN Padangsidimpuan in high level, it can be seen from percentages of mean score in writing descriptive text test that was 74,38%.

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