THE SECOND GRADE STUDENTS’ ABILITY IN WRITING DESCRIPTIVE TEXT ABOUT AN AUTOMOTIVE OBJECT PICTURE AT SMKN 1 PARIAMAN
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ABSTRACT The purpose of this research is to describe the second grade students’ ability in writing a descriptive text about an automotive object picture at SMKN 1 Pariaman. The researcher used descriptive research method for this research. The population of this research was the second grade students at SMKN 1 Pariaman and the researcher used purposive and convenience sampling technique to select 23 students as the sample The instrument for collecting the data in this research was a writing test in the form of writing a descriptive text. To make the test reliable the researcher used inter-rater method and the result of analysis showed that the test was reliable. It was supported by the fact that the coefficient correlation was 0.853 which is bigger than the value of the r table at df 21 and alpha .05 (0.413). Then the test was valid because it had covered the material that the students had learnt. Generally, the result of this research showed that the students’ ability in writing a descriptive text about an automotive object picture was low. Kata kunci : Ability, Writing, Descriptive Text, PictureReferensi
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