A DESCRIPTIVE STUDY OF THE X-8 YEAR STUDENTS’ ABILITY IN WRITING RECOUNT TEXT AT SMAN ARJASA JEMBER IN THE 2012/2013 ACADEMIC YEAR 2012/2013 ACADEMIC YEAR

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SUMMARY A Descriptive Study of The X-8 Year Students’ Ability in Writing Recount Text at SMAN Arjasa Jember in the 2012/2013 Academic Year; Nunung Sri Andayani, 090210401105; 2012;60 pages; English Education Program, Language and Arts Department, Faculty of Teacher Training and Education, Jember University. Based on the preliminary study and observation that was done on November 2012, most of the X-8 year students of SMAN Arjasa Jember produced some errors dealing with the writing of recount text especially in grammar, vocabulary, mechanics, content, and organization. The English teacher said that the students often make errors in their writing. It was because most of the students write by translating Indonesian sentences into English not by transferring the meaning from Indonesian into English. This final project primarily deals with descriptive study. It describes the X-8 year students’ ability in writing recount text at SMAN Arjasa Jember in the 2012/2013 academic year. This research uses a descriptive approach to describe the students’ writing ability of the X-8 year students of SMAN Arjasa Jember in the 2012/2013 academic year in their recount text writing. It was chosen to answer the research problem and the research objective of this research. They were” How is the X-8 year students’ ability in writing recount text at SMAN Arjasa Jember in the 2012/2013 academic year?” and “To describe the X-8 year students’ ability in writing recount text at SMAN Arjasa Jember in the 2012/2013 academic year.” The students’ writings were analyzed. The writing ability was classified into four aspects. They were errors in grammar, vocabulary, mechanics, content, and organization. The errors in grammar deals with syntactical errors and morphological errors; errors in vocabulary deals with inappropriate word choice and words form; errors in mechanics deals with misspelling, punctuation, and capitalization; errors in content deals with the text related to the topic/ not, easy to be understood/not, development knowledge, the connectivity among sentences, and the connectivity xv among paragraphs ; and errors in organization deals with orientation, events, reorientation, unity, and coherence. The result in chapter IV, it can be reported that the students’ writings score given by rater one In conclusion, based on the discussion and the result of the research problem analysis, it could be concluded that, the X-8 year students’ ability in writing recount text at SMAN Arjasa Jember in the 2012/2013 academic year was categorized poor. It can be seen from the students’ writing score given by rater one