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STUDENTS’ PROBLEMS TOWARD NARRATIVES WRITING IN
WRITING NARRATIVES AND DESCRIPTIVE CLASSES
Sarjana Pendidikan
Digna Rieska M
112006105
ENGLISH DEPARTMENT
FACULTY OF LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE
SATYA WACANA CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY
SALATIGA
2012
STUDENTS’ PROBLEMS TOWARD NARRATIVES WRITING IN
WRITING NARRATIVES AND DESCRIPTIVE CLASSES
THESIS
Submitted in Partial Fulfillment
of the Requirements for the Degree of
Sarjana Pendidikan
Digna Rieska M
112006105
ENGLISH DEPARTMENT
FACULTY OF LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE
SATYA WACANA CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY
SALATIGA
2012
STUDENTS’ PROBLEMS TOWARD NARRATIVES WRITING IN
WRITING NARRATIVES AND DESCRIPTIVE CLASSES
THESIS
Submitted in Partial Fulfillment
of the Requirements for the Degree of
Sarjana Pendidikan
Digna Rieska M
112006105
Approved by:
__________________
Nugrahenny T Zacharias, Ph.D.
___________________
Toar Sumakul, M.A.
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This thesis contains no such material as has been submitted for examination in any course or
accepted for the fulfillment of any degree or diploma in any university. To the best of my
knowledge and my belief, this contains no material previously published or written by any other
person except where due reference is made in the text.
Copyright@ 2012. Digna Rieska M and Nugrahenny T. Zacharias, Ph.D
All rights reserved. No part of this thesis may be reproduced by any means without the
permission of at least one of the copyright owners or the English Department, Faculty of
Language and Literature, Satya Wacana University, Salatiga.
Digna Rieska:
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As a member of the (SWCU) Satya Wacana Christian University academic community, I
verify that:
Name:
Digna Rieska M
Student ID Number:
Study Program:
Faculty:
Kind of Work:
112006105
Fakultas Bahasa dan Sastra
Satya Wacana
Undergraduate Thesis
In developing my knowledge, I agree to provide SWCU with a non-exclusive royalty free right
for my intellectual property and the contents therein entitled:
Stude t’s Pro le s to ard Narrati es Writi g i Narrati es a d Des ripti e Classes
along with any pertinent equipment.
With this non-exclusive royalty free right, SWCU maintains the right to copy, reproduce, print,
publish, post, display, incorporate, store in or scan into a retrieval system or database, transmit,
broadcast, barter or sell my intellectual property, in whole or in part without my express
written permission, as long as my name is still included as the writer.
This declaration is made according to the best of my knowledge.
Made in
: Salatiga
Date
: June 14 2012
Verified by signee,
__________________
Approved by
Thesis Supervisor
Thesis Examiner
Nugrahenny T Zacharias, Ph.D.
Toar Sumakul, M.A
Students’ Problems toward Narratives Writing in
Writing Narratives & Descriptive Classes
2010/2011
Digna Rieska M
Satya Wacana Christian University, Salatiga, Indonesia
Abstract
This present study aims to investigate students’ problems in writing a narrative essay for
FBS Writing Narrative and Descriptive students at Satya Wacana Christian University.
The study addresses the following question: What are students’ problems in their
writing narratives? The participants consisted of 20 Indonesian students in the English
Department of Satya Wacana Christian University who already took the narrative and
descriptive writing class at 2010/2011 academic year. The data was collected from
semi-structured interviews, in which all of the participants were individually
interviewed about their problem in narratives writing. The results show that the most
problems lay in their organizational skill whether in sentence or paragraph level and
their proficiency in English language rather than the grammatical. Therefore the study
suggested that organization will be emphasized in writing class, how to choose and
organize idea into a structured and interesting paragraph.
Keywords: narrative essay, writing, language problems, organizational problems,
grammatical problems.
WRITING NARRATIVES AND DESCRIPTIVE CLASSES
Sarjana Pendidikan
Digna Rieska M
112006105
ENGLISH DEPARTMENT
FACULTY OF LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE
SATYA WACANA CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY
SALATIGA
2012
STUDENTS’ PROBLEMS TOWARD NARRATIVES WRITING IN
WRITING NARRATIVES AND DESCRIPTIVE CLASSES
THESIS
Submitted in Partial Fulfillment
of the Requirements for the Degree of
Sarjana Pendidikan
Digna Rieska M
112006105
ENGLISH DEPARTMENT
FACULTY OF LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE
SATYA WACANA CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY
SALATIGA
2012
STUDENTS’ PROBLEMS TOWARD NARRATIVES WRITING IN
WRITING NARRATIVES AND DESCRIPTIVE CLASSES
THESIS
Submitted in Partial Fulfillment
of the Requirements for the Degree of
Sarjana Pendidikan
Digna Rieska M
112006105
Approved by:
__________________
Nugrahenny T Zacharias, Ph.D.
___________________
Toar Sumakul, M.A.
COPYRIGHT STATEMENT
This thesis contains no such material as has been submitted for examination in any course or
accepted for the fulfillment of any degree or diploma in any university. To the best of my
knowledge and my belief, this contains no material previously published or written by any other
person except where due reference is made in the text.
Copyright@ 2012. Digna Rieska M and Nugrahenny T. Zacharias, Ph.D
All rights reserved. No part of this thesis may be reproduced by any means without the
permission of at least one of the copyright owners or the English Department, Faculty of
Language and Literature, Satya Wacana University, Salatiga.
Digna Rieska:
PUBLICATION AGREEMENT DECLARATION
As a member of the (SWCU) Satya Wacana Christian University academic community, I
verify that:
Name:
Digna Rieska M
Student ID Number:
Study Program:
Faculty:
Kind of Work:
112006105
Fakultas Bahasa dan Sastra
Satya Wacana
Undergraduate Thesis
In developing my knowledge, I agree to provide SWCU with a non-exclusive royalty free right
for my intellectual property and the contents therein entitled:
Stude t’s Pro le s to ard Narrati es Writi g i Narrati es a d Des ripti e Classes
along with any pertinent equipment.
With this non-exclusive royalty free right, SWCU maintains the right to copy, reproduce, print,
publish, post, display, incorporate, store in or scan into a retrieval system or database, transmit,
broadcast, barter or sell my intellectual property, in whole or in part without my express
written permission, as long as my name is still included as the writer.
This declaration is made according to the best of my knowledge.
Made in
: Salatiga
Date
: June 14 2012
Verified by signee,
__________________
Approved by
Thesis Supervisor
Thesis Examiner
Nugrahenny T Zacharias, Ph.D.
Toar Sumakul, M.A
Students’ Problems toward Narratives Writing in
Writing Narratives & Descriptive Classes
2010/2011
Digna Rieska M
Satya Wacana Christian University, Salatiga, Indonesia
Abstract
This present study aims to investigate students’ problems in writing a narrative essay for
FBS Writing Narrative and Descriptive students at Satya Wacana Christian University.
The study addresses the following question: What are students’ problems in their
writing narratives? The participants consisted of 20 Indonesian students in the English
Department of Satya Wacana Christian University who already took the narrative and
descriptive writing class at 2010/2011 academic year. The data was collected from
semi-structured interviews, in which all of the participants were individually
interviewed about their problem in narratives writing. The results show that the most
problems lay in their organizational skill whether in sentence or paragraph level and
their proficiency in English language rather than the grammatical. Therefore the study
suggested that organization will be emphasized in writing class, how to choose and
organize idea into a structured and interesting paragraph.
Keywords: narrative essay, writing, language problems, organizational problems,
grammatical problems.