previous researches was poor. Hence, it was important to conduct the further research to solve the students‟ problem in writing especially in the aspect of
grammar. Based on the informal interview with the English teacher of MAN 3 Jember,
it was known that the teacher taught writing by providing some words related to the topic given in order to help the students developed their writing. The words were in
the form of adjective, verb, and adverb. But then, the students still faced difficulties in writing and mostly students made mistakes in the term of the structure, the
spelling, and also the words choice. Considering the above description, the researcher was interested in
conducting the research entitled “A Descriptive Study on the X MIA 1 Students‟
Ability in Writing Recount Text at MAN 1 Jember in the 20142015 Academic Year
”. In this research was concluded by providing the explanation concerning on the classification of the students‟ ability in writing a recount text as well as a brief
description about how well they wrote a recount text. A descriptive study was chosen because the researcher wanted know and describe the ability of the X MIA 1 students
in writing recount text related to the aspects of writing. Further, this research described the class X MIA
1 students‟ ability in writing recount text since the material of recount text had been provided in the English curriculum of Senior High
School for the tenth grade particularly the standard competency of writing in the first semester. Then, it was conducted through writing test in which the result of the test
was analyzed by using an analytic scoring rubric.
1.1 The Problem of the Research
Based on the research background above, the problem of the research was
stated as follow: “How was the X MIA 1 students ability in writing recount text at MAN 1
Jember in the 20142015 Academic Year?
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1.2 The Objective of the Research
The objective of this research was to describe the X MIA 1 students ability in writing recount text at MAN 1 Jember in the 20142015 Academic Year based on the
aspect of content, organization, grammar, vocabulary and mechanic.
1.4 The Significance of the Research
This research was expected to give benefit for the English teacher, the
students, and the other researchers.
1.4.1 The English Teacher
Hopefully, the research finding was able to use by the English teacher as an input in the teaching of writing skill. The result of this research was expected to give
valuable contribution to the English teacher, to know their students ability in writing a recount text, and for the improvement of their students ability in writing a recount
text.
1.4.2 The Students‟ Class X MIA 1
The result of writing test was hoped to be useful for the students as information to know their ability in writing a recount text and as motivation to
improve their writing skill by mastering the five aspects of writing.
1.4.3 The Other Researchers
Hopefully, the result of this research could be useful information and a reference for other researchers in conducting a further research on how to improve
the students writing skill with different research design, such as an experimental research or classroom action research, applied to different level of students and using
different genre of text.
1.5 The Scope of the Research
The scope of this research focused on describing t he students‟ ability in
writing recount text based on the five aspects of writing. There are 3 types of recount text: personal, factual, imaginative recount text. This research only focused on
personal recount text. There were some topics those were My Unforgetable Moments, My Terrible Day, My Fantastic Holiday, My Birthday party, My funny
experience. The students were required to write a recount text by chosing one topic only in their writing test.
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CHAPTER 2. REVIEW OF THE RELATED LITERATURE
