Abstract:
This study focused on the analysis of students’ writing descriptive text. It
aimed to know the students’ ability in writing descriptive text. This research used
descriptive quantitative method. The population of this research was the students of
first grade at SMPIT Al-Khair Barabai. There were 50 students. The researcher used
total population sampling technique. So, the sample of this research was all the
students in the first grade of SMPIT Al-Khair Barabai. The researcher used writing
test as the instrument of this research. Based on the result, it showed that there were 6
students (13%) in very good category, 14 students (30%) in the good category, 15
students (33%) in fair category, and 11 students (24%) in poor category. It could be
seen that the average score for writing descriptive test is 66.01. This was categorized
into fair. It was also indicated that the students’ problem in writing descriptive text
were mainly in organization, grammar, and mechanics. Many students were still
unable to produce descriptive text independently. In order to increase students’
interest in studying Engish, the teacher must be able to come up with interesting and
effective teaching strategies. It is also suggested for the students to practice more and
enrich their vocabulary in order to improve their ability to write the descriptive text by
choosing appropriate words.
