AN ANALYSIS OF THE THIRD YEAR STUDENTS’ ABILITY IN WRITING CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER ESSAY AT ENGLISH DEPARTMENT BUNG HATTA UNIVERSITY

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Abstract

            Based on the writer’s informal interview with some students and experience’s writer in writing III, some students had difficulties in writing chronological order essay. The students had some problems in expressing ideasin writing.This research was aimed at describing the ability of the third year students’ ability in writing chronological order essay at English Department, Bung Hatta University. The design of this research was descriptive. The number of population members was 112 students. The writer used cluster random sampling technique. The writer took 27 students as the sample. It meant the writer took 24.11 % as the sample. In collecting the data, the writer used writing test. In real test, the writer gave five topics to be chosen by students about chronological order essay of event. To analyze the data based on the result of writing test, the writer presented the raw score, calculated the students’ score, mean, standard deviation (SD), classified the students who got high, moderate, or low ability, and counted the percentage of students’ ability. The result of this research showed that the students’ ability of the third year students in writing chronological order essay at English Department Bung Hatta University was moderate (74.07 %). The writer gives suggestion to both the lecturers and the students at English Department of Bung Hatta University. For lecturers, the writer suggests to give more explanations about chronological order essay of event. For students, the writer suggests the students to do more exercises in writing chronological order essay of event.

Key words: Ability, Writing, Chronological order essay.