A STUDY ON WRITING ABILITY BY FIRST GRADE STUDENTS OF SMK METTA MAITREYA PEKANBARU IN DESCRIPTIVE TEXT

Abstract

Abstract: The purpose of this research is to study students’ writing ability in descriptive text at first grade of SMK Metta Maitreya Pekanbaru. This study was descriptive quantitative research. The subject of this research was the first-grade students of SMK Metta Maitreya Pekanbaru while the object of this research was students’ writing ability in descriptive text. The writing used cluster random sampling technique to take the sample. From 82 students of the total population which consisted of two majors, the writer selected 48 students’ as the sample. In collecting the data the writer used test. The test was conducted to find out students’ ability in writing descriptive text. Based on the data analysis, the writer found that the students were in very good level. It was based on students’ mean and percentage of the students writing ability in descriptive text. The mean score of students’ abilities in content was 15.63 as very good level, organization was 15.23 as very good level, vocabulary was 14.71 as good level, grammar was 14.79 as good level, and mechanic was 15.63 in very good level. From the five components of writing, the writer found that the students have very good level in content and mechanics aspects and weak in grammar and vocabulary aspects. The result of the data analysis was that the student ability in writing descriptive text at first grade of SMK Metta Maitreya Pekanbaru was categorized into very good level with the total mean score 75.98.
Keywords: Study, Ability, Writing, Descriptive Text