THE STUDENTS’ DIFFICULTIES IN WRITING A NARRATIVE TEXT AT GRADE TEN OF SMA NEGERI 4 PEMATANGSIANTAR

Abstrak

This research aims to find out the difficulties faced by the grade ten of SMA Negeri 4 Pematangsiantar in writing a narrative text based on the generic structure and the lexicogrammatical features. This research was designed as a qualitative method with documentary research design. Thirty six students of X PMIA 2 were selected as the participants. The data shows that in the orientation there are 36 students have difficulties in grammar, there are 8 students have difficulties in spelling, there are 6 students have difficulties in vocabulary, and there are 19 students have difficulties in punctuation and layout; in the complication it found that there are 32 students have difficulties in grammar, there are 16 students have difficulties in spelling, there are 10 students have difficulties in vocabulary, and there are 29 students have difficulties in punctuation and layout; in the resolution it found that there are 30 students have difficulties in grammar, there are 13 students have difficulties in spelling, there are 13 students have difficulties in vocabulary, and there are 24 students have difficulties in punctuation and layout; in the lexicogrammatical features it found that there are 34 students have difficulties in using verb 2 (past tense), there are 13 students have difficulties in using adverb of time, there are 10 students have difficulties in using time connectives, and there are 7 students have difficulties in adjective.