ANALYSIS ON THE ABILITY OF THE SECOND GRADE STUDENTS OF SMPN 1 LEMBAH GUMANTI SOLOK REGENCY TO WRITE DESCRIPTIVE TEXTS

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Abstract Writing is a complex skill that requires students to have ability in writing identification, writing description, using language features, and using vocabulary. Writing a descriptive text is more complex. The students still face difficulties in writing a descriptive text. This research was aimed at describing the ability of the second grade students at SMPN 1 Lembah Gumanti in writing descriptive text dealing with writing identification, writing description, using language feature, and using vocabulary descriptive text. The design of this research was descriptive in nature. The total population were 150 students. The researcher took 30 students as the sample by using cluster random sampling technique. It means that the percentage of the member of sample was 20%. The researcher used writing test in the form of narrative text to collect the data. The test was try out to the students out of the sample since the instrument was categorized non-standard test. The researcher used inter-rater technique to know the reliability of the test. The reliability index of the test was 0.98. It was categorized very high correlation. It means that the instrument was reliable. In general, the result of this research showed that the ability of second grade students of SMPN 1 Lembah Gumanti in writing descriptive text was moderate (21 students). In specific, there were 9 students had moderate ability in writing identification of descriptive text, 22 students had moderate ability in writing description of descriptive text, 15 students had moderate ability in using language features, and 22 students had moderate ability in using vocabulary. Key words: Ability, Writing, Descriptive Text
CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION
1.1 Background of the Problem
Writing is one of the four language skills