STUDENTS’ ABILITY IN WRITING NARRATIVE TEXT THROUGH LOCAL STORY

Abstract

This research aims were to describe : (1) the process students’ ability in writing narrative text through local story at the eight grade of SMP N 4 Kajen in academic year 2018/2019; (2) the difficulties that are faced by students in writing narrative text through local story at the eight grade of SMP N 4 Kajen in academic year 2018/2019. The method used in this research was as a descriptive qualitative method. The subjects of this reseaech were the eight grade of SMP N 4 Kajen in academic year 2018/2019. Questionnaire and Writing test are used as data collection instruments. The researcher analyzedstudents’ writing test and found out the mean of students’ score using Brown (2004) writing rubric score. Then, the researcher analyzed the questionnaire to find out about students’ difficulties in writing narrative text through local story. The result of research showed that: (1) the score of students’ ability in writing narrative text through local story was 77.36% or the grade was categorized “Good”. (2) Meanwhile, in writing narrative text through local story, the students had faced several difficulties. They made many mistakes in grammar, mechanic, and new vocabulary.