Journal of English Language Teaching
Vol 7, No 1 (2018)

THE GRADE XII STUDENTS’ ABILITY IN WRITING AN EXPLANATION TEXT AS FOUND AT SMA N 1 KECAMATAN PAYAKUMBUH

Dina Aprianti (English Department Faculty of Languages and Arts State University of Padang)
Saunir Saun (English Department Faculty of Languages and Arts State University of Padang)
Sitti Fatimah (English Department Faculty of Languages and Arts State University of Padang)



Article Info

Publish Date
24 Feb 2018

Abstract

The ability to write an explanation text is the ability that must be acquired by grade XII students in senior high school that is stated in KTSP (School-based curriculum). The research was a descriptive quantitave research entitled “The Grade XII Students’ Ability in Writing an Explanation text as Found at SMA N 1 Kecamatan Payakumbuh. It was aimed at analyzing the grade XII students’ ability in writing an explanation text viewed from the generic structure and the language features. The population of the research was the grade XII students in SMA N 1 Kecamatan Payakumbuh, and the sample was 20 students of XII IPA 2 class. The students were asked to write an explanation text and their writings were analysed using the scoring rubric of the explanation text that consisting of two aspects, generic structure and language features. Based on the findings, four students were at the excellent level, seven students were at the very good level, five students were at the good level, four students were at the fair level, and there was no students in the poor level. Overall, the grade XII students’ ability in writing an explanation text as found at SMA N 1 Kecamatan Payakumbuh was at the good level.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

jelt

Publisher

Subject

Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media

Description

Journal of English Language Teaching is a journal published by English Language Teaching Study Program of FBS Universitas Negeri Padang. This journal is published three times a year (March, June, and September). The main purpose of this journal is to advance and foster English Language Teaching or ...