AN ANALYSIS OF THE STUDENTS’ DIFFICULTIES IN WRITING DESCRIPTIVE TEXT

Abstract

The writer interested in descriptive text, because it is an interesting material. By writing it, the students could show their ideas. Since English is a foreign language, writing descriptive text was not easy for Indonesian students. The aims of this research were: to know the first graders’ difficulties in writing descriptive text and to know the factors of difficulties in writing descriptive text. This research used descriptive qualitative research design. The subject of this study was the first grade students of SMK Muhammadiyah Doro in the 2019/2020 academic year. The instruments of the study were observation, test and questionnaire. The result showed that The first graders’ difficulties in writing descriptive text faced on the five writing aspects was classified as high. In addition, most of students has difficulty in each aspects such as such as grammar 83% of students, vocabullary 75% of students, mechanic 75% of students, content 67% students, and organizing 58% of students. The factor as causes first graders’ difficulty in writing descriptive text, they concern with learners’ background, teachers’ technique, and learners’ environment.