ANALYSIS OF EXPERIENTIAL FUNCTION OF STUDENTS RECOUNT TEXT

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This research is aimed to find out and describe the dominant process used by students in writing their experience in recount text. The data from students writing are analyzed and described based the process used in functional grammar. Functional grammar has six processes and they are material process, mental process, relational process, verbal process, behavioral process and relational process. In writing recount text, action verbs are needed completely. Students realize that they need to express their emotion and expression in recount text. The process realized by  verb group ccontains six types of processes which total number is 392. Students use the process as following; 209 (53,31%) for material, 56 (14,27%) for mental, 66 (16,83%) for relational, 15 (3,82%) for behavioural, 17 (4.33%) for existential and 29 (7,39%) for verbal The result shows that the dominant process used by students is material process by 209 or 53,31 % of process used.