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TABLE OF CONTENT
TITLE SHEET i
APPROVAL SHEET ii
EXAMINERS’ APPROVAL SHEET
iii
MOTTO iv
DEDICATION SHEET v
ABSTRACT vi
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT vii
PERNYATAAN KEASLIAN TULISAN viii
TABLE OF CONTENT ix
LIST OF CONCEPT MAPS x
LIST OF TABLES xi
LIST OF APPENDICES xii
CHAPTER I : INTRODUCTION A.
Background of the Study 1
B. Research Questions
7 C.
Objectives of the Study 7
D. Scope and Limitation of the Study
7 E.
Significance of the Study 8
F. Definition of Key Terms
9
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CHAPTER II : REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE A.
Review of Related Literature 1.
The Nature of writing 11
2. Essay Writing
14 B.
Review of Previous Studies 30
CHAPTER III : RESEARCH METHOD A.
Research Design 36
B. Researcher Presence
37 C.
Research Location 37
D. Research Instrument
38 E.
Data Collection Technique 44
F. Technique of Data Analysis
45 G.
Checking Validity of Findings 49
H. Research Stages
50
CHAPTER IV : RESEARCH FINDING A.
Research Finding 53
B. Discussion
59
CHAPTER V : CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTION A.
Conclusion 67
B. Suggestion
69
REFERENCES APPENDICES
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ABSTRACT
Layaalia Nova, Indah. 2015. The Students’ Ability in Writing Argumentative Essay at
English Teacher Education Department of the State Islamic University of Sunan Ampel Surabaya, Skripsi, English Teacher
Education Department Faculty of Tarbiyah And Teachers Training, UIN Sunan Ampel Surabaya. Advisors: I Dr .Mohamad Salik,
M.Ag, 2 Asadi,M.AppLing
Key words: Ability, Writing skill and Argumentative Essay Writing is the most difficult skill in English learning process and has close
relationship with higher education. Arguentative essay is one of type in writing skill. When writing an Argumentative essay, the students should notice the aspects of
writing essay and the structure or the elements of argumentative essay. They are organization the introduction, body paragraph, and conclusion, style grammar and
sentence structure, mechanics spelling, punctuation, and capitalization and vocabulary use.
This research has purpose to analyze the students’ ability in writing argumentative essay at English education department of State Islamic University
Sunan Ampel Surabaya. Based on that purpose, the researcher intents to answer the research questions 1 how is the student’s ability in writing argumentative essay at
English education department of State Islamic University Sunan Ampel Surabaya.
The subject of the research is the students of English education department at State Islamic University Sunan Ampel Surabaya. The researcher took two classes as
the subject of this research and both of the classes have same lecturer, they are: the students in A class and the students in B class. There were 11 students of A class and
21 students of B class and the total of the students are thirty two 32. The researcher took all of them as the subject of the research.
The researcher used qualitative descriptive to present the data. The technique used for collecting data is collect students’ assignment or document study. The
researcher directly asked the students’ assignment that they get in the middle test to the lecturer of the classes.
The result of the research was that the students’ ability in writing argumentative essay was the fair grade. It was because in the first class,
the researcher find that 54,5 students are in fair and 45,45 students are in good grade and in the second class, the
researcher find that 14,28 students are in good and almost 85,7 students are in fair grade.
Therefore, the highest grade of the students’ ability in writing argumentative was the fair grade.
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ABSTRACT
Layaalia Nova, Indah. 2015. The Students’ Ability in Writing Argumentative Essay at English
Teacher Education Department of the State Islamic University of Sunan Ampel Surabaya. Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris, Fakultas Tarbiyah dan
Keguruan, UIN Sunan Ampel Surabaya. Pembimbing: 1 Dr. Mohamad Salik M.Ag.
Kata Kunci: Ability, Writing Skill and Argumentative essay Writing adalah kemampuan yang tersulit didalam proses pembelajaran bahasa Inggirs
dan meiliki hubungan yang erat dengan pendidikan yang lebih tinngi. Argumentative essay adalah salah satu jenis teks atau tulisan dalam writing. Didalam menulis argumentative essay
setiap siswa disarankan memperhatikan bagian-bagian atau elemen-elemen dari argumentative essay. Mereka adalah organisasi pengantar atau introduction, paragrap inti
atau body paragraph, dan kesimpulan atau conclusion, style grammar dan sentence structure, mechanics punctuation, spelling dan capitalization dan vocabulary. Penelitian ini
meiliki tujuan untuk menganalisis kemampuan siswa dalam menulis argumentative essay di Universitas Islam Negeri UIN Sunan Ampel Surabaya. Berdasarkan tujuan, peniliti
bermaksud untuk menjawab pertanyaan penelitian yaitu 1 bagaimana kemampuan siswa dalam menulis argumentative essay di Universitas Islam Negeri UIN Sunan Ampel
Surabaya. Subyek dari penelitian ini adalah mahasiswa-mahasiswa dari departement pendidikan bahasa Inggris di Universitas Islam Negeri UIN Sunan Ampel Surabaya.
Peneliti mengambil dua kelas A dan B sebagai lokasi penelitian untuk mendapatkan subyek penelitian dan kedua kelas tersebut memiliki dosen yang sama. Ada sebelas mahasiswa dari
kelas A dan ada 21 mahasiswa di kelas B. Total mahasiswa dari kedua kelas tersebut adalah tiga puluh dua 32 mahasiswa dan peneliti mengambil seluruh mahasiswa tersebut sebagai
subek dari penelitian ini. Peneliti menggunakan methode descriptive-qualitative didalam penelitian ini. Tekhnik untuk menggumpulkan data yang digunakan dipenelitian ini adalah
document study atau mengumpulkan argumentative essya para siswa. Dalam pengambilan data, peneliti secara langsung meminta kepada dosen dari kedua kelas tersebut. Hasil dari
penelitian ini adalah peneliti telah menemukan di kelas A 54,5 siswa meiliki kemampuan yang cukup fair grade dalam menulis argumentative essay. 45 siswa memiliki
kemampuan yang baik good grade dalam menulis argumentative essay. Di kelas B 14,28 siswa memiliki kemampuan yang baik good grade dalam menulis argumentative essay dan
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ada 85,7 siswa memiliki kemampuan yang cukup fair grade dalam menulis argumentative essay. Bisa disimpulkan bahwa mahasiswa yang meiliki kemampuan yang
cukup atau sedang lebih banyak dari pada siswa yang meiliki kemampuan yang baik dalam menulis argumentative essay.
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CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION
