Abstract
The objective of this research was to analyze the difficulties in writing narrative text faced by the ninth grade students of SMP Negeri 11 Palangka Raya in the academic year 2018/2019 in using the generic structure and language features of the text. The research involved 20 students as the research participants. The method used in this research was descriptive research in which the research described and explained the actual data by conducting a writing test and analyzing the results. The results showed that 40% of the participants faced some difficulties in constructing the generic structure of the texts i.e. they failed in completing the generic structures of the texts and, mostly, missed one of the parts. Furthermore, there were 50% of the participants faced some difficulties in using the language features of narrative text, such as using past tenses, nouns, pronouns, verbal processes, and direct speech.
Highlights
Language has an essential role in human communication and interaction
Based on the problem explained above, the objective of this research was to analyze the difficulties in writing narrative text faced by the ninth grade students of SMP Negeri 11 Palangka Raya in academic year 2018/2019, especially in constructing the generic structure and using language features of the text
The scale 3 showed that the narrative texts missed one of the four parts of generic structure
Summary
Language has an essential role in human communication and interaction. The ability to use language as a tool to express ideas and emotions is a fundamental need regarding its function in human social life. The language becomes one of the main determining factors to connect all people around the world and to make some collaborations (Lieberman & Miller, 2011). To reach wider network of communication, there should be one universal language to build the bridge of international collaboration and interaction. That is why an international language is needed as a tool to unite people and to have more people involved in sharing experiences (Klimova, 2014). Following the raising need for international communication, English becomes so popular to be taught and learned by those want to participate in wider interaction
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