AN ANALYSIS OF RECOUNT TEXT WRITTEN BY THE ELEVENTH GRADE OF THE ACCELERATION AND THE REGULAR CLASS STUDENTS AT SMAN 1 JEMBER IN 2013/2014 ACADEMIC YEAR

Abstract

Both acceleration program and conventional program have strengths and weaknesses. The objective of the research was to analyze the similarities and the differences of recount text writing composed by the eleventh grade students of acceleration class and the elevanth grade students of regular class at SMAN 1 Jember in 2013/2014 academc year. Qualitative and quantitative research were used as a research design, and the subjects were the eleventh grade students of SMAN 1 Jember. The respondents were taken by disproporsional stratified random sampling. There were two groups in this research; the eleventh grade students of acceleration class and the elevanth grade students of regular class. The data of this research were gained through the result of writing test and were analyzed by using qualitative method. The result of this research revealed that the eleventh grade students of acceleration class and the elevanth grade students of regular class have some similarities and differences in the five aspects of writing namely grammar, vocabulary, mechanic, content and organization. Both of the classes have good contents and good organization for their writing. But the acceleration class students were better in the use of vocabulary and grammar, whereas the regular class students were better in the use of mechanics and has richer writing topics.