STUDENTS’ ABILITY IN WRITING RECOUNT TEXT THROUGH PERSONAL EXPERIENCE AT EIGHTH GRADE STUDENTS OF SMP NEGERI 1 AMBARAWA, PRINGSEWU

Alfi, Nafi’atul Hikmah (2024) STUDENTS’ ABILITY IN WRITING RECOUNT TEXT THROUGH PERSONAL EXPERIENCE AT EIGHTH GRADE STUDENTS OF SMP NEGERI 1 AMBARAWA, PRINGSEWU. Diploma thesis, UIN RADEN INTAN LAMPUNG.

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Abstract

ABSTRACT There were still many students who were not successful in making good recount text based on aspects of content, vocabulary, grammar, organization, and the last sentence structure. The objective of this research was to analyze the students’ ability in writing recount text through personal experience at the eighth grade students of SMP Negeri 1 Ambarawa Pringsewu. And to find out the main factors that caused students’ difficulties in writing recount texts. To analyze the data of students’ ability, the researcher used an analytical scoring rubric adapted from Jacob et. al. Furthermore, to know the difficulties of the students, the researcher divided the interviews. The qualitative method was used to analyze the students’ abilities and to know the students difficulties in writing recount text. This research used document and interview as the instruments to obtain data. The subject of this research was eighth-grade students of SMP Negeri 1 Amabarawa Pringsewu. There were 30 eighth grade students of SMP Negeri 1 Ambarawa Pringsewu who were chosen as the sample participant of this research. This research was selected the data through purposive sampling technique Based on the research findings, the researcher found that language use was the biggest problem in students’ ability in writing recount text. This situation was caused by students’ lack of knowledge and motivation in writing recount text. Furthermore, the main factors that caused students difficulty in writing recount text were in lack of knowledge in the aspect of writing such as grammar, translation, organization, and vocabulary. The researcher concluded that students’ ability in writing needs improvement as well as more practices and exercises. With a lot of practice and exercise students' ability in learning writing recount text would be improved. Keywords: Recount Text, Students’ Ability, Students’ Difficulty, Writing.

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