AN ANALYSIS OF THE SECOND YEAR STUDENTS’ ABILITY TO WRITE A RECOUNT TEXT AT SMAN 3 PAINAN

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Abstract

 This research aimed at describing the second year students’ ability to write a recount text at SMAN 3 Painan. The design of this research was descriptive in nature. The population of this research was the second year students at SMAN 3 Painan. The total population was 68 students. The population was distributed into three classes, namely IPA 1, IPA 2, and IPS 1. IPA 1 students were used as tried out sample, while IPA 2 and IPS 1 students were used as research sample, the two classes consisted of 41 students. The result of data analysis showed that the students had moderate ability in writing generic structures (orientation, event, and re-orientation) and grammatical features (non verbal, regular verb, and irregular verb. In fact 0 students had high ability, 33 students had moderate ability and 8 students had low ability. The result of data analysis also specifically showed that: (1) 0 student had high ability, 36 students had moderate ability, and 5 students had low ability in writing the orientation; (2) 0 students had high ability, 39 students had moderate ability, and 2 students had low ability in writing the event; (3) 0 students had high ability, 36 students had moderate ability, and 5 students had low ability in writing the re-orientation; (4) 0 students had high ability, 30 students had moderate ability, and 11 students had low ability in using non verbal sentences; (5) 0 students had high ability, 37 students had moderate ability, and 4 students had low ability in using regular verbs; (6) 0 students had high ability, 37 students had moderate ability, and 4 students had low ability in using irregular verbs.

Key words: Analysis, Recount Text, Students’ Ability