In this study, the researcher will analyze each sentence of the students in composing a text to get the meaning. The researcher will analyse the three
metafunctions meanings; those are ideational meanings, interpersonal meanings, and textual meanings of students‘recount text in junior high school students. This
study is expected canhelp the teacher to analyze the ability of the students in composing recount text and know the meaning based on the text.
1.2 Reasons for Choosing the Topic
This study is going to investigate the three metafunctions of students‘ recount texts based on the following reasons. First, as a language teacher, the
researcherwants to identify how far the students can compose recount text. Most of students have difficulties in composing text, because writing skill is the most
difficult skill compared to other skills like reading, speaking, and listening. The researcher will analyze the recount texts that are composed by the students,
because recount text has explained in the students‘ material.
Second, as a language teacher, the researcher wants to know the meaning that students want to convey in their recount text by analyzing the three metafunctions;
those are interpersonal, ideational, and textual meanings. So, this study is expected can help teachers to know the ability of the students in composing
meanings through text.
1.3 Statements of the Problem
The problems that are discussed in this study can be stated as follows:
1 What interpersonal meanings are realized in recount texts of SMP 2 Kudus
students? 2
What ideational meanings are realized in recount texts of SMP 2 Kudus students?
3 What textual meanings are realized in recount texts of SMP 2 Kudus students?
1.4 Purpose of the Study
The aims of this study are: 1
to describe and investigate what interpersonal meanings are realized in recount texts of SMP 2 Kudus students.
2 to describe and investigate what ideational meanings are realized in recount
texts of SMP 2 Kudus students. 3
to describe and investigate what textual meanings are realized in recount texts of SMP 2 Kudus students.
1.5 Significance of the Study
1 Theoretically, the study is going to investigate the metafunctions in students
recount texts that will be analyzed in the term of interpersonal, ideational, and textual meaning. This study can be used for readers who are interested in
similar study. 2
Practically, the study can be used for students of English Department as the future teachers who have to pay attention in analyzing the students‘ writing.
3 Pedagogically, the study can guide the readers to use lexicogrammatical
analysis to unveil the interpersonal, ideational, and textual meanings in recount texts.
1.6 Limitation of the Study
