Lexicogrammar and Text Structure of Descriptive Text Written by Junior High School Students

This research was aimed at discovering the descriptive lexicogrammar and text structure written by Junior High School students and the reasons of the Junior High School students use the lexicogrammar and text structure the way they do. It was a qualitative design. The analysis based on the descriptive text written by the students where they describe picture. The findings show that the students used all the descriptive lexicogrammar, they are Tense, Verbs, Adjectives, Adverbs and Reference. The finding also show that all the students written descriptive text by applying all descriptive text structure components, they are Classification, Appearance, Behaviour, Attribute, and Location. The reasons of the students using lexicogrammar and text structures the way they do are: (1) cognitive development and (2) language mastery affect the use of lexicogrammar and text structure in Junior High School descriptive text. The students of grade 7, 8, and 9 of Junior High School used five components of lexicogrammar on descriptive text, namely, Tense, Verb, Adjectives, Adverbs, and Reference, but, the use of tense has not been used properly up to grade 9 because there is found that there are incorrect subject verb-agreement and incorrect choosing and using lexicogrammar. In term of text sructure, the students used five components of text structure, they are, Classification, Appearance, Behaviour, Attribute, and Location, but, the use of Classification have not yet been used correctly since there is still mistake related to place the classification on the text.