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STUDENTS’ ABILITY IN WRITING DESCRIPTIVE TEXT OF THE

TENTH GRADE YEAR STUDENTS’ OF SMKN 6 SURAKARTA

IN 2015/2016 ACADEMIC YEAR

RESEARCH PAPER

Submitted as a Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements

for Getting the Bachelor Degree of Education

in English Department

by

RICHO DWI APRILIANSYAH

A320120132

DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH EDUCATION

SCHOOL OF TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION

MUHAMMADIYAH UNIVERSITY OF SURAKARTA

2016

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MOTTO

“There is no problem that can’t be solved, if we want and always work hard it can be passed (Myself)”

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DEDICATION

This research paper is dedicated to:

His beloved parents, (Mr. Ridhwan and Mrs. Siti Cholifah), his beloved

sister (Eka Yuni Rilianti) thanks a lot for your support, pray and

blessing,

His beloved uncle Mr. Setyono and aunt Mrs. Sri Wahyuni for their

support, advice, and pray so that the writer is motivated to finish his

research,

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

Assalamu’alaikum Warohmatullahi Wabarokatuh.

In the name of Allah the most gracious and the most merciful, I would like

to say thank to Alloh SWT the almighty for mercy and blessing for the writer in

making research paper to fulfill one of requirement for the undergraduate degree

of education Muhammadiyah University of Surakarta. The writer finally

completes his research paper entitled “STUDENTS’ ABILITY IN WRITING

DESCRIPTIVE TEXT OF THE TENTH GRADE YEAR STUDENTS’ OF SMK

N 6 SURAKARTA IN 2015/2016 ACADEMIC YEAR”

Sholawat and salam are also given to our great prophet Muhammad SAW

who brought the mankind from the darkness into the lightness. In finishing this

research paper, the write find some problems and obstacles. So that this research

paper cannot be finished without help from the other who give support, guidance,

suggestion, and constructive criticism. Finally the writer would like to express his

thanks for those who helped her.

1. Prof. Dr. Harun Joko Prayitno, M. Hum., the Dean of Teacher Training and

Education Faculty of Muhammadiyah University of Surakarta,

2. Mauly Halwat Hikmat, Ph. D., the Head of English Education Department,

3. Drs. Djoko Srijono, M. Hum, as the academic advisor also the first consultant

and the inspiring person for giving his advice, guidance, help, and patience so

that this research paper can be finished as well,

4. Dr. Dwi Haryanti, M. Hum, as the second examiner who has examined and

correted her research paper,

5. Aryati Prasetyarini, S. Pd., M. Pd, as the third examiner who has examined

and correted her research paper,

6. All the lecturers in Muhammadiyah University of Surakarta for giving the

writer knowledge, help, and motivation for her research paper,

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7. His beloved dad Ridhwan and mom Siti Cholifah for their exception, love,

support, pray, and advice so that the writeris motivated to finish his research

paper,

8. His beloved sister Eka Yuni Rilianti who always gives the writer spirit and

love,

9. His beloved uncle Mr. Setyono and aunt Mrs. Sri Wahyuni for their support,

advice, and pray so that the writer is motivated to finish his research,

10. Especially his dearest one Herlina who always support, advice, pray, help,

and love in finishing his research paper,

11. His Nusantara Family (Vernanda, Herlina, Rezky, Rudy, Risma, Randy,

Arga) who always give support, help, and pray each other. Thank you so

much for every single moment that have been made,

12. His beloved friends in Departement of English Hanif, Hendrik, Riski, Davita,

Andin, Tya, Ayu, Mia, Dina, Ega. Thank you for the warm togetherness, and

13. All who cannot mentioned one by one in helping the writer in finishing this

research paper.

The writer realizes that this research paper is still far from being perfect.

The writer hopes and needs the constructive criticism and suggestion to make this

research paper better. To progress the next study, he invites the readers to give

comments, criticism, and suggestion. The writer expects that this research paper

can be useful and gives contribution to the other researcher.

Wassalamu’alaikum Warohmatullahi Wabarokatuh.

Surakarta, October 31, 2016

Richo Dwi Apriliansyah

A320120132

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ABSTRAK

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk, antara lain 1) Untuk mendeskripsikan kemampuan siswa dalam menulis teks deskriptif di kelas X SMK N 6 Surakarta di tahun akademik 2015/2016 dan 2) Untuk mengetahui masalah yang dihadapi oleh siswa kelas X SMK N 6 Surakarta dalam menulis teks deskriptif. Dalam penelitian ini, peneliti menggunakan deskriptif kualitatif dengan jenis penelitian. Objek penelitian ini adalah kemampuan siswa dalam menulis teks deskriptif di kelas X SMK N 6 Surakarta di tahun akademik 2015/2016. Data dari penelitian ini adalah guru bahasa Inggris SMK N 6 Surakarta dan kalimat dari teks deskriptif yang ditulis oleh siswa kelas X SMK N 6 Surakarta tahun akademik 2015/2016. Teknik untuk menganalisis data adalah 1) Pengolahan data diambil dari observasi dan wawancara, 2) Menganalisis data berdasarkan lima kriteria menulis teks deskriptif, yaitu tata bahasa, kosa kata, isi, diksi dan struktur kalimat. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa kemampuan siswa di kelas MM 1 dalam menulis teks deskriptif di SMK N 6 Surakarta di tahun akademik 2015/2016 dapat dikatakan cukup. 9 siswa masuk kategori baik (skor 17-15) atau 29,03%. 23 siswa masuk kategori cukup (skor 14-12) atau 74,19%, dan tidak ada siswa yang memiliki nilai sangat baik dan kategori kurang. Di kelas lain, kemampuan siswa dalam menulis teks deskriptif di kelas sepuluh MM 2 di SMK N 6 Surakarta di tahun akademik 2015/2016 dapat dikatakan cukup. 13 siswa masuk kategori baik (skor 17-15) atau 40,62%. 19 siswa masuk kategori cukup (skor 14-12) atau 59,37%, dan tidak ada siswa yang memiliki nilai sangat baik dan kategori kurang. Kata Kunci: teks deskriptif, kemampuan menulis, kemampuan siswa, permasalahan yang dihadapi.

ABSTRACT

This research is aiming on 1) To describe the students’ ability in writing descriptive

text at the tenth grade of SMK N 6 Surakarta in 2015/2016 academic year and 2)To know the problems faced by the tenth grade students of SMK N 6 Surakarta in writing descriptive text. In this research, the researcher uses a descriptive qualitative as the type of the research. The object of the study is the students’ ability in writing descriptive text at the tenth grade of SMK N 6 Surakarta in 2015/2016 academic year. The data of this research are English teacher of SMK N 6 Surakarta and the sentence of descriptive text written by the tenth grade students of SMK N 6 Surakarta 2015/2016 academic year. The technique for analyzing data is 1) Collecting the data taken from observation and interview, 2) Analyzing the data based on the five criteria of writing descriptive text: grammar, vocabulary, content, mechanic and organization. The results show that the students’ ability in MM 1 class in writing descriptive text at the tenth grade MM 1 Class of SMK N 6 Surakarta in 2015/2016 academic year is Fair. 9 students belong to good category (the score 17-15) or 29,03%. 23 students belong to fair category (the score 14-12) or 74,19%, and there is no student who belongs to very good and poor category. In the other class, The students’ ability in writing descriptive text at the tenth grade MM 2 Class of SMK N 6 Surakarta in 2015/2016 academic year is Fair. 13 students belong to good category (the score 17-15) or 40,62%. 19 students belong to fair category (the score 14-12) or 59,37%, and there is no student who belongs to very good and poor category.

Keywords: descriptive text, writing skill, students’ ability, problem faced.

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TABLE OF CONTENT

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TITLE ............................................................................................................ i

APPROVAL ................................................................................................. ii

ACCEPTANCE ........................................................................................... iii

TESTIMONY .............................................................................................. iv

MOTTO ....................................................................................................... v

DEDICATION ............................................................................................. vi

ACKNOWLEDGMENT ......................................................................... vii

ABSTRACT ................................................................................................. ix

TABLE OF CONTENT ............................................................................... x

LIST OF TABLE ....................................................................................... xii

CHAPTER I: INTRODUCTION ............................................................... 1

A. Background of the Study ................................................. 1

B. Problem of the Study ....................................................... 3

C. Limitation of the Study .................................................... 3

D. Objective of the Study ..................................................... 3

E. Significance of the Study ................................................. 3

F. Research Paper Organization ........................................... 4

CHAPTER II: REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE ....................... 5

A. Previous Study ................................................................. 5

B. Writing ............................................................................. 7

1. Notion of Writing ..................................................... 7

2. Genre of Writing ...................................................... 8

3. Teaching Writing by Adopting Genre-based

Approach .................................................................. 8

C. Descriptive Text .............................................................. 9

1. Social Function ......................................................... 9

2. Generic Structure ...................................................... 9

3. Significant Grammatical Features .......................... 10

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D. Ability In Writing Descriptive Text .............................. 10

E. Notion of Analytic Scoring in Writing .......................... 11

CHAPTER III: RESEARCH METHOD ................................................. 15

A. Research Type ............................................................... 15

B. Place and Time of the Research .................................... 15

C. Subject of the Study ...................................................... 15

D. Object of the Study ........................................................ 15

E. Data and Data Source .................................................... 16

F. Method of Collecting Data ............................................ 16

G. Technique For Analyzing Data ..................................... 16

CHAPTER IV: RESEARCH FINDING AND DISCUSSION ............... 18

A. Research Finding ........................................................... 18

B. Discussion of the Finding ............................................ 100

CHAPTER V: CONCLUSION AND DISCUSSION .......................... 103

A. Conclusion ................................................................ 103

B. Suggestion ................................................................. 103

BIBLIOGRAPHY ............................................................................................... 105

APPENDIX .................................................................................................. 107

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Table 2.1 ..................................................................................................... 9

Table 4.1 ..................................................................................................... 17

Table 4.2 .............................................................................................................. 17

Table 4.3 ................................................................................................................ 18

Table 4.4 ................................................................................................................ 18

Table 4.5 ................................................................................................................ 19

Table 4.6 ................................................................................................................ 19