DEVELOPMENT OF GRADE 10-12 STUDENTS’ ABILITY TO WRITE RECOUNT TEXT AT SMA NEGERI 2 PERBAUNGAN

The aims of this study were to describe the development of grade 10-12 students’
ability in writing recount text and to explain the reason why they write the way
they do. A descriptive qualitative design was used in this study. The data and
source of data were grade 10-12 students’ recount text at SMA Negeri 2
Perbaungan. The data were collected by using written task and interview. The data
were analysed through data reduction, data display, and drawing conclusion. The
result showed that (1) Grade 10 students’ ability in writing recount text had not
developed well yet, meanwhile most of grade 11 students’ ability had well
developed, and grade 12 students’ ability in writing recount text had completely
developed. (2) The reasons why students’ ability developed the way it did were: a)
all students from each grade were motivated to write recount text, however, grade
10 students still did not know much about how to write recount text, b) grade 11
students were influenced by peers who also liked to write recount text, c) grade 12
students had some experiences in writing recount text, therefor they were quite
familiar with the process of writing recount text.