Edu-Ling: Journal of English Education and Linguistics
Vol. 1 No. 2 (2018): July

The Difficulties Senior High School Students in Writing Analytical Exposition Text

Meri Aprianti Nurjanah (Bengkulu University)



Article Info

Publish Date
31 Jul 2018

Abstract

This research aimed to describe the difficulties of XI IPA 2 student of SMA N 3 Bengkulu Tengah in writing analytical exposition texts. The objective of this research was to find out the students’ difficulties in writing analytical exposition texts in the generic structure and the language feature. The method that was used in this study was a mixed method which consisted of a qualitative and quantitative approach. The data of this research were gathered from the analytical exposition writing test and interview. There are 52.78% students who got difficulties in the use of passive sentence and in the use simple present tense. Then 44.50% of students who cannot write the argument correctly. Based on the result, the researcher suggested to the teacher to pay more attention to teaching analytical exposition text. For the students, the researcher is suggesting to have more reading activity to enrich their vocabulary mastery and learn more about the use of passive sentence and the use of simple present tense in writing analytical exposition text.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

edu-ling

Publisher

Subject

Arts Computer Science & IT Education Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media Other

Description

ournal of Edu-Ling (Journal of Education and Linguistics) is a scientific article in English Education Department in Faculty of Teacher Training and Education Prof. Dr. Hazairin, SH Bengkulu. It presents articles on English language teaching and learning, Linguistics and Literature. The contents ...