AN ANALYSIS OF STUDENTS’ WRITING SKILL IN DESCRIPTIVE TEXTAT GRADE VIII OF SMPN 8 MAKASSAR

Abstract

The objective of this study is to analyze the students’ writing skill in descriptive text made by the students at SMPN 8 Makassar. In doing this study the writer employed descriptive qualitative design. The subject of this research was the eighth grade students of SMPN 8 Makassar in the academic year 2018/2019, while the sample is class VIII.5 (30 students). The data was collected from the students writing descriptive text about describing people . The results showed that the students class VIII.5 of SMPN 8 Makassar had the skill to write descriptive texts at the fair level. This can be seen from the results of the student writing test, more than 60% of students obtain a value12. However, generally the students mean score of writing skill particularly in descriptive text was 14.06 and it was consider as the good classification. Whereas to see the problems faced by students in writing, the writer use the test results which are analyzed based on component of writing, namely; content, organization, grammar, and mechanics. On average students experience problemin content mastery.