EXPLORING THE DIFFICULTIES IN WRITING DESCRIPTIVE TEXT: ISLAMIC HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS’ VOICE
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Keywords: Descriptive Text, Students’ Difficulties, WritingAbstract
This study aims to analyze the students’ difficulties in writing descriptive text. The design of this research is descriptive qualitative research. Tenth-grade students at one of the Islamic High School in Jakarta were selected as the respondents of this research by using purposive sampling. The data of this study was collected by using interviews and documentation. The result of this study revealed that there are four difficulties faced by the students in writing descriptive text such as understanding grammar (50%), limited vocabulary (30%), content (30%), and generating ideas (20%). Thus, it can be concluded that grammar and limited vocabulary were the most prevalent difficulties, followed by challenges in content knowledge and generating ideas. The findings underscore the importance of addressing these difficulties to enhance students' writing proficiency.References
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