AN ANALYSIS OF STUDENTS ABILITY IN WRITING HORTATORY EXPOSITION TEXT: A STUDY AT THE ELEVENTH GRADE STUDENTS OF SMAN 1 LABUAPI IN ACADEMIC YEAR 2017/2018

Main Author: Adekayanti, Aida Asti
Format: Thesis NonPeerReviewed Book
Bahasa: eng
Terbitan: , 2018
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Online Access: http://eprints.unram.ac.id/10525/1/JOURNAL_AIDA_%20ASTI_%20ADEKAYANTI_%20E1D014003.pdf
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  • This study is aimed at finding out the students ability and difficulties writing hortatory exposition text. The issues investigated were weather the students find difficulties in writing hortatory exposition text, the kind of difficulties they face in writing hortatory exposition text. By applying the descriptive quantitative method, the writer took three classes consisting of 60 students as the sample. The researcher identify the students ability in writing hortatory text by collecting the students writing test. As well as , the students interview to support the data. The result of the study reveals that the average writing achievement was 45.23, which mean that the eleventh grade students of SMAN 1 Labuapi in academic year 2017/2018 categorized as poor level in writing hortatory exposition text. Based on the data, several kinds of writing difficulties were found such as, in writing the generic structure, they were unable to use the generic structure completely, in develop their ideas, unable to making a paragraph, lack of vocabulary, grammatical errors, and did a lot mistake in mechanics, they were unable using appropriate spelling, punctuation and capitalization. These difficulties are caused by some reason, the lack of motivation, lack of supporting materials in writing and uncreative method in Teaching English.