Institusion
Universitas Bung Hatta
Author
Supina, Supina
Lely, Refnita
Welya, Roza
Subject
L Education (General)
Datestamp
2023-07-05 03:23:04
Abstract :
This research aimed to found out the second year students? ability in writing a
personal letter at SMPN 2 Madobag.
The design of this research was descriptive. The population of this research was
second year students at SMPN 2 Madobag. The total number of sample were 30 students,
but when the writer conducted research, one of the students was absent because the
student was sick. Therefore, the subject of the research was 29 students. The data were
collected through writing test. The writer asked the students to reply a personal letter in
50 minutes. The writer only measured the second year students? ability in writing a
personal letter by considering four components of writing: organization, mechanics,
grammar, and vocabulary. The first one, the writer presented the raw score of each
sample, calculated the score, calculated the average score from first scorer and second
scorer, classified the students who had high ability, moderate ability, and low ability, and
the last the writer counted the percentage of them.
Based on the result of the data analysis, the second year students? ability in
writing a personal letter was moderate. In details, there were 26 students (89.7%) (see
Appendix 6) who had moderate in writing organization, 21 students (72,4%)(see
Appendix 7) who had moderate ability in applying mechanics, 26 students (89.7%)(see
Apendix 8), who had moderate ability in applying grammar, and 14 students (48.3%)
(see Appendix 9),who had moderate ability using appropriate vocabulary,
Based on the research findings, the writer concludes that the second year
students? ability in writing personal letter was moderate. Related to the conclusion, the
writer suggests English teachers to give more exercises and employ more effective
technique of teaching writing. In addition, the students are suggested to do more exercises
to improve their ability in writing.
Key wordss: Writing, short functional text, personal let