THE ANALYSIS OF THE STUDENTS’ ABILITY IN WRITING RECOUNT TEXT
Abstract
Abstract : This article aims at describing students’ ability in writing recount text. Writing a good text in English as a foreign language is a problem. The difficulties in writing a text in English is due to the fact that English is not their mother tongue. In Senior High School at SMAN Arjasa Jember, there were many problems in writing such as: organization, grammar, vocabulary, mechanics, content, and organization. However, there haven’t been any records telling/showing exactly the students’ ability in writing covering those aspects. Therefore, the research on the students’ ability in writing recount text was conducted in attempt to records students’ writing ability with the hope that it can shed light on the problems of writing recount text in future.
Key Words : writing ability, recount text, describe
