Abstract:
This writing aims to analysis the difference between students’ ability in
writing recount text and descriptive text at SMAN 18 Makassar (comparative
analysis).
The population of this writing was the tenth-grade students of SMAN 18
Makassar at the first semester 2021/2022 academic year. The writer took 270
students as population. The data were obtained from the writing text. The writer
choose of class X IPA 3 and the writer took 30 students as a sample.
The results of the writing used inferential analysis of t-test by SPSS v.16.
It showed that there was a significant difference in the students’ mean score
writing ability between recount text and descriptive text. The mean score of the
students’ writing test recount text is 82.20 while descriptive text is 76.43. The
significance value calculated 0.014 is smaller than 0.05 (P-value = 0.014 < 0.05).
Therefore, the hypothesis of these writing was accepted. It means that, there were
a Comparative difference of Students’ Writing Ability Between Recount Text and
Descriptive Text at SMAN 18 Makassar. The writer concluded, that the students
are easier to express ideas, understanding, composed and write a recount text than
descriptive text. Based the results above, the writer can difference between
students’ ability in writing recount text and descriptive text at SMAN 18
Makassar (comparative analysis).
