Judul Skripsi: An investigation of students' difficulties in writing a narrative text (A descriptive research on third grade students of SMAN 2 Selayar, Kabupaten Kepulauan Selayar). An investigation of students' difficulties in writing a narrative text (A descriptive research on third grade students of SMAN 2 SELAYAR, Kabupaten Kepulauan Selayar). The final project is about an investigation of students' difficulties in writing a narrative text for third grade students of SMAN 2 Selayar, Kabupaten Kepulauan Selayar.
The purpose of the study is to determine students' problems in writing narrative texts from the point of view of language use. Students' difficulties in writing a narrative text because most agree that they lack vocabulary, out of 22 (100%) students choose to do this. Special thanks go to the Muhammadiyah University of Makassar for enabling the researcher to obtain his undergraduate education.
The researcher also thanks all the people and cases that provide the best four-year moments in this blue campus. to Erwin Akib, M.Sc. Pd., Ph.D., to the Dean of the Faculty of Education and Teacher Training for all the advice and motivation.
RESEARCH METHOD
CHAPTER IV FINDING AND DISCUSSION
CHAPTER V CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTION
INTRODUCTION
Research Question
What are the students' problems in writing a narrative text in the third grade students of SMAN 2 Selayar.
Objective of the Study
Significance of the Study
Scope of Research
Some Previous Related Research Findings
In this chapter the researcher explains about the literature based on the title of the research. She found that the students have more knowledge about what narrative texts are; among others are generic structure and many types of narrative texts. She found that there are 199 errors in the students' English writing paragraph which are divided into four types of errors.
Error types in the omit category errors showed 22 errors, the addition category error showed 7 errors, the misinformation category showed 161 errors, and the misordering category showed only 9 errors in narrative paragraph writing. Based on the previous findings above, the researcher explains that her research is different from Dini, her writing concern to analyze students' writing in terms of narrative linguistic features. Another finding by Erry, her research was only concerned to analyze students' difficulties in translating narrative text.
While Ratna is concerned to find students' grammatical errors in narrative paragraph writing which is divided into four types of errors. While this research aims to reveal students' difficulties in writing a narrative text in terms of language use.
Some Pertinent Idea
- The Concept of Writing a. Definiton of Writing
- Organizing Idea
- Lack of Vocabulary
- Grammar Accuracy
- Content
- Organization
- Language Use
- Vocabulary
- Mechanic
- The Concept of Narrative text a. Definition of Narrative text
In addition, any supporting sentence in the paragraph should relate directly to the main idea. The simple past tense indicates that an activity or situation began and ended at a specific time in the past. Azar in Ratnaningsih describes that the past tense expresses an activity that was completed before another activity or time in the past.
His sleep began before and was ongoing at a certain time in the past. According to Heard and Ted (1998:44) there are seven steps in the writing process as follows. Descriptive language is used to enhance and develop the story by creating an image in the reader's mind.
It can be written in first person (I, We) or third person (he, she, they). In choose-your-own-adventures, the reader is included in the story as the main character and addressed as "you".). The researcher describes the objectives in the process of analyzing students' difficulties in writing a narrative text.
Research Design
In this chapter, the researcher explains the process of how to collect the data, including study design, study variable, subject, research tool, data collection procedure, and technique of data analysis.
Research Variable 1. Variable
Subject
In this research, the researcher took only one class to represent the entire population.
Instrument of the Research
Each answer was associated with a point value and an individual's score, which was determined by summing the point value of each statement.
Procedure of Collecting Data
Effective complex construction, few errors in agreement, tense, number, word/order function, article, pronoun and preposition. Main problems in simple / complex constructions, frequent errors of negation, agreement, tense, number or fragments. After the researcher got the data from the research object, the researcher processed it to be discussed in the thesis.
Technique of Data Analysis
In this chapter, the researcher analyzed the data collected from the observation previously.
FINDINGS
It was about the students' problems with writing a narrative text with the third grade students of SMAN 2 SELAYAR. This means that none of the third grade students of SMAN 2 SELAYAR achieve excellent and very good score. The highest students' score in writing a narrative text in terms of language use is 70 and the lowest score is 30.
The average score of students' ability to write a narrative text in terms of language use is 47.5. It means that students find it difficult to write a narrative text in terms of language use.
Frequency
DISCUSSION
- The Discussion of the Finding through Writing a NarrativeText in term of Language Use
- The Discussion of the Finding through Total Score of Students in Writing a NarrativeText
- The Discussion of the Finding through Questionnaire
The first point is about the students' perception that they clearly know the definition of narrative text. The second point concerns the students' perception that they knew generic structures in narrative text. The fourth point concerns the students' perception that they are able to distinguish between orientation and complication.
The fifth item deals with students' opinion that they can distinguish between resolution and coda. The sixth item deals with students' opinion that they used clear tenses to write a narrative text. The seventh item deals with students' opinion that they do not clearly know the definition of narrative text.
The eight item deals with students' opinion that they have a lack of vocabulary that makes it difficult for them to write a narrative text. Based on the result, 7 of the students agree, 9 students are undecided, 4 students disagree and 2 students strongly disagree. The tenth item deals with students' opinion that they were confused in the use of tenses in writing a narrative text.
The eleventh item deals with students' opinion that it is difficult to distinguish between present time and past time. The twelfth item deals with students' opinion about their lack of verb 2 which makes it difficult for them to write a narrative text. The thirteen items deal with students' opinion about their lack of understanding how to use tenses in writing narrative text.
Based on the result, it was found that 7 students agree, 4 students disagree, 1 student does not agree at all and 10 students are undecided. A fourteen-year-old talks about the students' opinion about knowing the structure in all kinds of tenses when writing a narrative text. The fifteenth point is about the students' opinion about knowing all kinds of tenses when writing a narrative text.
CONCLUSION
SUGGESTION
This chapter consists of two sections, the first section deals with the conclusion of findings of the research and the other one deals with suggestion. The students still lack vocabulary and are confused to use tenses, so teacher should have an interest method to teach English to help the students improve their ability to write a narrative text in terms of language use. In order to improve the students' ability, the teacher must know the students' problems in writing a narrative text.
In order to acquire the knowledge of writing skill, SMAN 2 SELAYAR students must be active, focused or serious in learning English. For further research, this thesis has interpreted some of the problems students face in writing, especially in narrative text writing, hopefully it can help further research as a comparison or as a whole, for a little bit, it suggests that further research should give fun method so that it can help students to solve their problems easily. Teaching narrative text in improving writing for tenth grade students of Sma Negeri 1 Petarukan.
APPENDIX
Kuesioner ini dirancang untuk mengumpulkan data tentang kesulitan yang Anda hadapi dan hal-hal yang diyakini mempengaruhi kesulitan Anda dalam menulis teks narasi. Kejujuran dan ketulusan Anda adalah harapan peneliti dan sekaligus kontribusi Anda terhadap penelitian ini. Saya mengetahui dengan jelas apa yang dimaksud dengan orientasi, komplikasi, solusi dan koda dalam teks narasi.
6 Saya mengetahui dengan jelas tenses yang digunakan untuk menulis teks narasi 7 Saya tidak mengetahui apa yang dimaksud. 8 Saya kekurangan kosakata bahasa Inggris, sehingga saya terbatas dalam menulis teks narasi. Saya kesulitan membuat kalimat dalam bahasa Inggris, jadi saya terbatas pada menulis teks naratif.
Saya tidak tahu banyak kata kerja bentuk kedua, jadi saya kesulitan menulis teks narasi. Jumlah teks narasi tertulis siswa dalam kaitannya dengan penggunaan bahasa NO NAMA Klasifikasi penggunaan bahasa.
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