| dc.description.abstract | This research was conducted to describe the seventh grade students' ability
in writing a descriptive paragraph by using realia at SMP Negeri 10 Jember in the
2014/2015 academic year. The research problem of this research was “How was
the seventh grade students' ability in writing a descriptive paragraph by using
realia at SMP Negeri 10 Jember in the 2014/2015 academic year?”
There were eight classes of the seventh grade in the school. It consisted of
class VII A, VII B, VII C, VII D, VII E, VII F, VII G and VII H. The total
population of those eight classes is 290 students. In this research, the research
participants were determined by using proportional random sampling with lottery
from 10% of the students from each class. The primary data of this research were
collected from the students’ descriptive paragraph writing test and it was scored
by two scorers (inter-rater) and by using analytical scoring method which required
the scorers to give score for each writing aspect. Moreover, interview and
documentation were collected to support the primary data.
The result of the calculation showed that the mean score of the students'
ability in writing a descriptive paragraph by using realia was 66.7. Based on the
classification of the score levels, the students' mean score was classified as "fair"
because it was in the range of 60-69. From the data analysis result, it was found
that there were 7 students or 22% of the seventh grade students were categorized
as "poor". There were 17 students (53%) got “fair” category. There were 4
students (12.5%) got “good” category and there were also 4 students (12.5%) got
“excellent” category.
In addition, the students’ ability in the aspect of grammar was categorized
as "fair" because the mean score was 68.12. The students’ ability in the aspect of
vocabulary was also categorized as "fair" since the mean score was 66.62. Next,
the students’ ability in the aspect of mechanics was categorized as "poor" since
the mean score was 57.8. Meanwhile, the students’ ability in the aspect of content
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was categorized as "fair" because the mean score was 67.3. On the contrary, the
students' ability in the aspect of organization was categorized as "good" since the
mean score was 75.5.
Based on the result above, it could be concluded that the seventh grade
students of SMP Negeri 10 Jember in the 2014/2015 academic year are suggested
to increase their ability in writing since their mean score in writing descriptive
paragraph was classified as "fair". It is suggested for the English teacher to give
the students more practices relating to the writing aspect such as mechanics,
vocabulary, grammar, and content in order to improve the students ability in
writing. | en_US |
