eprintid: 14390 rev_number: 11 eprint_status: archive userid: 2342 dir: disk0/00/01/43/90 datestamp: 2022-06-02 08:38:04 lastmod: 2022-07-02 04:28:49 status_changed: 2022-06-02 08:38:04 type: thesis metadata_visibility: show creators_name: Umam, Mohammad Iqdam Amrul creators_name: Zuhad, Ahmad creators_name: Komara, Cahya creators_id: zuhad.ahmad@uhamka.ac.id creators_id: cahya.komara@uhamka.ac.id creators_orcid: 0000-0001-7994-8440 title: An Analysis of Students Difficulties in Writing Recount Text at the Eighth Grade of MTS Sirajul Falah Bogor on Second Semester of 2019/2020 Academic Year ispublished: pub subjects: L subjects: Skripsi divisions: 88203 abstract: This research analyzed and examined students‟ difficulties in writing recount text at the eighth grade of MTS Sirajul Falah Bogor on second semester of 2019/2020 academic year. The objective of this research is to get factual data of what factors that make eighth grade students of MTS Sirajul Falah Bogor get difficulties in in writing recount text. Besides, this research also tried to figure out the quality of eighth grade students of MTS Sirajul Falah Bogor in writing recount text (either good or bad). Therefore, this research involved 20 students as sample of research by selecting 8.III class with purposed sampling technique. There instruments were used to get data, which were observation form, test of writing recount text, and interview. The data was analyzed by using qualitative method analysis. The results showed that that eighth grade students of MTS Sirajul Falah Bogor got difficulties because of language features lack of understanding factor. It was found that most students got difficulties on language features, which were grammar problem of past tense or 12 students or 60% and poor of vocabularies or 12 students or 60%. This result was different with generic structure analysis scoring which were 12 students or 60% passed the stage than 8 students or 40% who failed to complete stage. Therefore, the language features of grammar (past tense) and vocabulary became the 20 students‟ main difficulties. Next, the result of total scoring of generic structure and language features analysis also found 11 students or 55% majority of 20 students got low score or bad compared with only 9 students or 45% who passed the Standard Minimum Scoring (65). Thus, the majority of students‟ recount text result was not good. 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