AN ANALYSIS ON THE ELEVENTH-GRADE STUDENTS' ABILITY TO WRITE DESCRIPTIVE TEXT AT SMAN 7 SAROLANGUN JAMBI
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The purpose of this research was to describe the eleventh-grade students' ability to write descriptive text at SMAN 7 Sarolangun. The researcher used the descriptive research method for this research. The researcher used proportional random sampling to select the sample, and the number of samples was 32 students. The instrument for collecting the data in this research was a writing test. The researcher also used the inter-rater technique to determine the reliability of the test. The reliability coefficient of the test is 0.93. The result of this research in general showed that the eleventh-grade students' ability to write descriptive text at SMAN 7 Sarolangun was high. It was proved that 22 students (68.75%) had high ability in writing descriptive text. Based on the result of this research, it can be concluded that the eleventh-grade students' ability to write descriptive text at SMAN 7 Sarolangun was high. Keywords: writing, ability, descriptive text.Referensi
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