DIFFICULTIES IN WRITING DESCRIPTIVE TEXT FACED BY THE ELEVENTH GRADE STUDENTS OF SMA NEGERI 1 PALU
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https://doi.org/10.22487/elts.v11i3.4421Keywords:
Difficulties; Writing Descriptive TextAbstract
This research aims to find out the difficulties in writing descriptive text faced by the eleventh-grade students of SMA Negeri 1 Palu. The researcherss applied descriptive quantitative design. There were 10 students involved. The instrument of data collection was a writing text. The data were collected by asking the students to write a descriptive text. The findings show that the most difficulty of writing in each aspect was mechanics 77.16% of students, grammar 21.1% of students, vocabulary 1.23% of students and content and organization 0% of students.
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