Aprianingsih, Yola (2023) Portraying Students’ Difficulties In Writing Recount Text At 10th Grade Of Sman 1 Tebing Tinggi. Other thesis, Universitas Islam Riau.

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Abstract

Writing recount text is not easy because English is considered as a foreign language. The purpose of this research is to find out what difficulties students face and the causes of students' difficulties in writing recount texts at the 10th grade of SMAN 1 Tebing Tinggi. In this study, the researcher tried to find out the students' difficulties in writing recount texts and the causes of students' difficulties in writing recount texts. This research methodology was qualitative research. Researcher took 31 respondents from class 10 SMAN 1 Tebing Tinggi as a sample. The research instruments were questionnaires and interviews. The questionnaire consists of twelve statements and is divided into three indicators, namely orientation, series of events, and reorientation. The interview was divided into three indicators, namely psychological problems, linguistic problems, and cognitive problems. The result shows that there are three difficulties find in writing recount texts, namely difficulties in understanding the generic structure of recount texts (orientation, event, and reorientation). Students' difficulties in writing orientation were: 24.5% of students did not understand or had difficulties writing orientation in recount text; 25.2% of students did not understand or had difficulties in writing events in recount text; and 25% of students do not understand or have difficulties in writing reorientation in recount text. And there are three causes that make students have difficulties in writing recount texts that the researcher found, namely psychological problems, linguistic problems, and cognitive problems. The researcher found that, for psychological problems, some students have fears, anxiety, and worries about writing recount texts. For linguistic problems, some students have grammatical errors and lack vocabulary when writing recount texts. For cognitive problems, some students still lack an understanding of the concepts in recount texts.

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