An Analysis of Students’ Problems in Writing Procedure Text at The Tenth Grade Students of SMA Negeri 1 Sepang

Elicia Citra Dewi; Tampung N. Saman; Ristati

doi:10.37304/ebony.v3i1.7688

Authors

Elicia Citra Dewi English Education Study Program, Teacher Training and Education Faculty, University of Palangka Raya
Tampung N. Saman English Education Study Program, Teacher Training and Education Faculty, University of Palangka Raya
Ristati English Education Study Program, Teacher Training and Education Faculty, University of Palangka Raya

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.37304/ebony.v3i1.7688

Keywords:

Students’ Problems, Writing, Procedure Text

Abstract

Writing is one of the basic English language abilities that should be mastered by English Learners. However, many Indonesian students, especially at the High School level, face difficulties in writing. Evidently, in the context of this study was conducted to find out students’ abilities and to explore the main problems faced by students in writing procedure texts. The method of this research was descriptive qualitative research. The sample of this research was 29 students of class X IPA2 at SMA Negeri 1 Sepang. Form of writing procedure text was used as the instrument to collect the data and a documentation technique was applied to collect the data. Afterward, the data were analyzed with a rubric analytical scale by brown (2007). The result showed that 13,8% of students were in a very good level, 17.2% of students in a good level, 17.2% of students in a fair level, and 51.6% of students were in a poor level. Therefore, 24.1% of students are classified in the poor level of language features category which means, language features are the most difficult area faced by the tenth-grade students of SMA Negeri 1 Sepang with the number frequency 24.1% students in a poor level.

Downloads

Download data is not yet available.

References

A’isah, S. N. (2019). Writing Procedure Texts Through “How to Make…” Video. TELL: Teaching of English Language and Literature, 7(1), 11–15. http://dx.doi.org/10.30651/tell.v7i1.2655.

Ameliah, M., Syam, U. K., Anugrawati, N., Sangkala, I. & Abdul, N. B. (2019). Using Picture Media to Enhance Writing Ability in Procedure Text. Exposure: Journal English Education Department. 8(1), 48–59. https://doi.org/10.26618/exposure.v8i1.2072.

Brown, H.D. (2001). Teaching Principles: An Interactive Approach to Language Pedagogy, second edition. New York: Longman Inc.

Cenrikawaty, Y., Mukhaiyar, M., Yasin, A. & Abdul Manaf, N. (2020). The English Teachers’ Management for the Preparation in Teaching and Learning Process of Genre - Based Writing Instruction in 2013 Curriculum at Senior High School in Pesisir Selatan Regency. Global Conference Series: Sciences and Technology. 3, 107– 114. https://series.gci.or.id/assets/papers/icestech-2019-243.pdf.

Fadhilawati, D., Laksmita, D., & Mansur, M. (2020). Using Padlet to Increase the Students ’Procedure Text Writing Achievement. Exposure: Journal English Education Department, 9(2), 158–172. https://doi.org/10.26618/exposure.v9i2.3970.

Siska, F., Murnianti. & Andriani, D. (2021). An Analysis of Students’ Ability In Writing Procedure Text At The Third Grade Students Of Smp N 2 Sarolangun Academic Year 2019/2020. Selecting: English Education Program Journal. 4(4). 26-34. http://journal.stkipypmbangko.ac.id/index.php/Selecting/article/view/658/412.

Hidayah, H., Subroto, G. & Candra, M. (2021). Students’ Writing Difficulties in Procedure Text: An Analysis Study. Journal of Language, Literature, and English Teaching (JULIET). 2(1). 16-22. https://doi.org/10.31629/jjumrah.v2i1.3130.

Jupri. (2018). Using Video Recipe to Improve the Junior High School Students’ Ability in Writing Procedure Text. Journal of Languages and Language Teaching. 6(2). 115-108. https://doi.org/10.33394/jollt.v6i2.1262.

Mahsun. (2014). Text in Indonesian Language Learning. Jakarta: Rajagrafindo Persada.

Putri, T.K. & Saunir, S. (2019). An Analysis of The Second Year Students’ Ability in Writing a Procedure Text Of A Recipe At SMKN 9 Padang. Journal of English Language Teaching. 8(3). 336-343. https://doi.org/10.24036/jelt.v8i3.105222

Walter, C. (2015). Procedural Writing Grade Three. New York: The Medium. Retrieved from https://www.learnsask.net/uploads/9/5/3/6/95368874/7_procedural_writing_mediumarticle.pdf.

Widayanti, T., Rustyana, N. & Haryudin, A. (2019). Students’ Perception in Writing Procedure Text. PROJECT (Professional Journal of English Education). 2(5), 687– 691. http://dx.doi.org/10.22460/project.v2i5.p687-691

Yulitriana, Retsi, O. D. ., Eriani, Oktamelinae, I. ., & Pratama, Y. A. . (2022). Students’ Perception on Flipped Learning Conducted in an Online Writing Class During the Pandemic: A Survey Research. EBONY: Journal of English Language Teaching, Linguistics, and Literature, 2(2), 29–46. https://doi.org/10.37304/ebony.v2i2.5278