2022
DOI: 10.37304/ebony.v2i2.5281
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An Analysis of Students’ Difficulties in Writing Descriptive Texts in the Tenth Grade of SMA Kristen Palangka Raya

Abstract: Most students had problems writing a descriptive text when they were assigned their text. Many students were not able to describe themselves or they had difficulties in writing descriptive text. Some students think that writing is the most difficult skill in English. Some students also could not finish their writing at the end of the time set due to limited ideas and vocabulary. This research aimed to describe the students’ difficulties in writing descriptive texts and find out the causes underlining those fre… Show more

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“…Writing is the best process of using symbols (letter of the alphabet, punctuation marks, and spaces). According to Agustin et al, (2022). Writing is a complicated skill that should be mastered by students as it requires some knowledge related to the purpose of the text, generic structure, and language features as well as the skills to organize the ideas and information logically by keeping the unity and coherence of the text, so the piece of writing will be easily understood by the readers.…”
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confidence: 99%
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“…Writing is the best process of using symbols (letter of the alphabet, punctuation marks, and spaces). According to Agustin et al, (2022). Writing is a complicated skill that should be mastered by students as it requires some knowledge related to the purpose of the text, generic structure, and language features as well as the skills to organize the ideas and information logically by keeping the unity and coherence of the text, so the piece of writing will be easily understood by the readers.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The title is a text that contains three components, namely worthy events, background events, an sources. (Agustin et al, 2022) complicated skill that should be mastered as it requires some knowledge related to the purpose of the text, generic structure, and language features as well as the skills to organize the ideas and information. The social function is to inform readers about an event of the day that is considered noteworthy or important.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%