eprintid: 14392 rev_number: 11 eprint_status: archive userid: 2342 dir: disk0/00/01/43/92 datestamp: 2022-06-02 08:38:08 lastmod: 2022-06-29 07:38:51 status_changed: 2022-06-02 08:38:08 type: thesis metadata_visibility: show creators_name: Darma, Lany 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 SMPN 214 Jakarta on Second Semester of 2019/2020 Academic Year ispublished: pub subjects: L subjects: Skripsi divisions: 88203 abstract: This study investigated Students’ difficulties in writing recount text at the eighth grade of SMPN 214 Jakarta on second semester of 2019/2020 academic year. The purpose is to analyze and examine what factors that make eighth grade students of SMPN 214 Jakarta get difficulties in in writing recount text. Thus, the writer can clarify whether the quality of eighth grade students of SMPN 214 Jakarta writing on recount text is categorized as good or not. This study took 20 students only from 8.6 class by using qualitative method analysis. Based on the findings, it can be concluded that the factor that make eight grade students of SMPN 214 Jakarta got difficulties in writing recount text was mostly on language features, such as grammar problem of past tense (20 students or 100%), lack of vocabularies (11 students or 55%), and problem with temporal sequence to be used (9 students or 45%) compared with generic structure analysis scoring which were 17 students or 85% succeed the stage than 3 students or 15% failed to complete stage. It means the language features of grammar (past tense), vocabulary, and temporal sequence were become their main problem. Next, the result of total scoring of generic structure and language features analysis also found 13 students or 65% majority of 20 students got low score or bad compared with only 7 students or 35% who passed Standard Minimum Scoring. It means the majority of students’ recount text was not good. These results were supported also from the result of interview that showed majority of students responded they truly had lack of vocabulary, grammar problem, difficult to translate which means problem in “wording” or language features trouble. Many of them argued that writing recount was difficult due to lack of English competence. This was match with the result of observation that showed students were less interest and spirit to study. date: 2020-05-19 date_type: completed full_text_status: public institution: Universitas Muhammadiyah Prof. Dr. Hamka department: Fakultas Keguruan dan Ilmu Pendidikan thesis_type: bachelor thesis_name: bphil referencetext: Anderson, M., & Anderson, K. (1997). 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