\ narrative genre. The textual features that characterize a narrative genre comprise
generic structure and linguistic features.
D. Objectives of the Study
The objectives of the study are: 1. investigating the tenth grade students’ textual features of a narrative text.
2. investigating the possible causes of the most frequent errors in the textual features of the tenth grade students’ narrative texts.
E. Benefits of the Study
Teachers are expected to gain the benefit of this study as they will know the difficulties that occur in developing a narrative text among their students, so
that they might adjust their teaching-learning activities to benefit more. Students are also expected to gain the benefit of this study as they will be aware of their
mastery of textual features of a narrative text. This study presented the students’ textual features of narrative texts so that students might know their textual
features errors and have the chance to correct them.
F. Definition of Terms
For the purpose of this study, it is necessary to define the terms that are used to avoid misinterpretation.
1. A narrative text Bal 2000: 85 mentions that a narrative text is “a story that is told in
language; that is, it is converted into language signs”. Mcmurray and Campman 4
\ 1983: 256 mentions that “a narrative paragraph or work tells a story, either
factual or fictional, and comes in a variety of forms, including the essay, the short story, the diary and journalistic and historical writing”. Narrative also deals with
problematic events leading to a crisis which then find a resolution Pusat Kurikulum
, 2003: 80. In this study, a narrative text is a written short story that deals with problematic events leading to a crisis which then finds a resolution.
2. Textual features The term “textual” means connected with or contained in a text Oxford
Advanced Learner’s Dictionary , 2000: 1397. It is clear that textual features are
the important parts that are connected with or contained in a text. Textual features are related to generic structure, vocabulary, and grammar, likely functions and
associated grammar and vocabulary and other significant features Hardy and Klarwein, 1990: 14. In this study, textual features refer to the generic structure
and the linguistic features that are contained in a narrative text. 3. Error
Collins Cobuild English Dictionary for Advanced Learners 2001: 520
defines error as “something you have done which is considered to be incorrect or wrong, or which should not been done.” Dulay, Burt and Krashen 1982: 138
suggest that errors are those parts of composition that deviate from some selected norm of mature language performance. In this study, an error refers to the
incompleteness in applying textual features generic structure and linguistic features andor incorrectness in applying textual features generic structure and
linguistic features of a narrative text. 5
\ 4. Tenth grade students of SMU N 2 Klaten
Tenth grade students of SMU N 2 Klaten refer to the tenth grade students of the 20072008 academic year of SMU N 2 Klaten. Those students have been
taught how to write a narrative text. The tenth grade students are chosen as the participant of this study because it would be good for the students to know their
difficulties in their beginning semester to improve their narrative texts in the next semesters.
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\ CHAPTER II
REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE
This chapter discusses theories upon which this study is laid down. There are two major areas to be discussed here. They are theoretical description and
theoretical framework.
A. Theoretical Description
