AN ANALYSIS OF THE SECOND YEAR STUDENTS’ PROBLEMS IN WRITING A SPOOF TEXT AT SMA SEMEN PADANG

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Abstract

This research was aimed at describing the problems faced by the second year students of SMA Semen Padang in writing a spoof text. The design of this research was descriptive. The number of population members of this research were 237 students. They were divided into eight classes; X1 IPA 1, X1 IPA 2, X1 IPA 3, X1 IPA 4, X1 IPS 1, X1 IPS 2, X1 IPS 3, X1 IPS 4. The researcher used stratified cluster random sampling technique to choose the sample, and the sample of this research was X1 IPA 3 and X1 IPS 4. The number of  sample were 58 students. The instrument used to get the data was writing test. The researcher found out the reliability of the test. It was found that the reliability index of the test was very high (0.99). It means that the instrument is reliable. The data of the research were students’ problems in writing spoof text at SMA Semen Padang. Generally, the result of the data analysis of writing test showed that 30 students (51,72%) had problems in writing a spoof text. Specifically, from data analysis of writing test, there were 16 students (27,58%) who had problems in writing orientation, 23 students (39,65%) who had problems in writing event, 37 students (63,79%) who had problems in writing twist, and 42 students (72,41%) who had problems in using simple past. Referring to the findings of this research, it can be concluded that students have  problems in writing spoof text at SMA Semen Padang. Therefore, the researcher proposed several suggestions. First, for the teachers, it is suggested to the teachers to explain more about the material of spoof text and to give more exercises to the students. Second, for the students, they should pay attention when the teacher explain the lesson and do more exercises carefully.                                                                                                                      Key words: Problems , Writing,  Spoof Text.