Hajar, Sitti (2019) Weaknesses and Solutions of Students in Writing Descriptive Text. S1 thesis, UNIVERSITAS NEGERI MAKASSAR.
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Abstract
This research focused on the students’ writing descriptive text and strategies in teaching writing descriptive text. The objective of this research was to find out the weaknesses of students’ descriptive writing text and the strategies used in overcoming weaknesses of students’ decsriptive writing text. The researcher employed quantitative method with the quasi-experimental design and descriptive qualitative method. The research was conducted to the eleventh-grade students of MAN 1 Bone. The data were collected by using writing test. The writing test was given twice for both group A and group B to investigate the students’ weaknesses in writing descriptive text. The data was tabulated and calculated by using SPSS 22 program. Moreover, the interview was given to the both group and group B also to find out students’ weaknesses in writing descriptive text. The result showed that the students score in writing descriptive text of both group in pretest was categorized as good classification. Moreover, t-test calculation result of pretest and posttest by using SPSS 22 shows a significant difference in group A and group B. Meanwhile the weaknesses faced by the students in writing descriptive text were limited information about the topic or the subject, limited supporting details, weak in using the appropriate tenses, verb and auxiliary past form weaknesses, incorrect used of to infinitive verb form, unappropriate pronoun, difficult in using preposition, weak of the use the appropriate words, weak of word order, incorrect spelling, panctuation and capitalization in incorrect place. While the strategies used in teaching writing descriptive text to overcome the students weaknesses were brainstroming and listing strategy, free writing strategy, and collaborative strategy, contextual teaching and learning strategy and communicative teaching and learning strategy. Keywords: Students’Writing Weaknesses, Writing Descriptive Text, Teaching Strategies
| Item Type: | Thesis (S1) |
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| Subjects: | PASCASARJANA > BAHASA INGGRIS (S2) |
| Divisions: | PROGRAM PASCASARJANA |
| Depositing User: | UPT PERPUSTAKAAN UNM |
| Date Deposited: | 13 Jun 2019 00:19 |
| Last Modified: | 13 Jun 2019 00:19 |
| URI: | http://eprints.unm.ac.id/id/eprint/13373 |
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