Mudea N, Nadila and Satriani, Estika (2023) An Analysis of Students' Ability in Writing Descriptive Paragraphs of Second Semester English Language Education of FKIP UIR. IJERR (Indonesia Journal of Education Research and Review), 8 (1). pp. 57-65. ISSN 2621-8984

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Abstract

This study aimed to know the second-semester students writing abilities in writing descriptive paragraphs. This is quantitative research. The populations were the second-semester students of the academic year 2018/2019. The total of students was 98 students. The populations were the second-semester students of the academic year 2018/2019. The total of students was 98 students. To minimize or to get the sample, the researcher applied two techniques. First, the researcher decided on the class; it used simple random sampling and quota sampling techniques. The documents were used as the main data of this study. Therefore, the finding showed that the second-semester students' abilities in writing descriptive paragraph were good. It can be seen there were 62% of students belonged to a good category, 33% of students belonged to the excellent category, and 3% of students belonged to the average category. Based on this aspect, the students had a problem with using grammar and sentence structure (18%), but they understood how to connect their paragraphs with the topics by called content (22%). In fact, there was no significant difference in score between both, so it means that the second-semester student at English Language education-UIR in writing descriptive paragraphs was good.

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