AN ANALYSIS OF THE ELEVENTH-GRADE STUDENTS’ ABILITY TO WRITE NARRATIVE TEXT AT SMAN 7 PADANG

The purpose of this research is to describe the eleventh-grade students’ ability to write narrative text at SMAN 7 Padang. The researcher wanted to describe the students’ ability in writing the content, orientation, complication, resolution, re-orientation, the language feature, and the correct mechanics. The design of this research was descriptive research. The population of this research was the eleventh grade students at SMAN 7 Padang. Cluster random sampling was used in this research and the number of samples was 36 students. The instrument for collecting the data in this research was writing test. The researcher used types of topics that can stimulate students to write a narrative text. The researcher also used inter-rater technique to know the reliability of the test. The correlation coefficient of the test is 0.89.
In general, the result of this research showed that the eleventh grade students’ ability in writing narrative text was high. It was proved that 35 students (97.2%) had high ability in writing a narrative text. In detail, the students’ ability in writing the content was high. It was proved that 36 students (100%) had high ability in writing the content. The students’ ability in writing the orientation was high. It was proved that 33 students (91.6%) had high ability in writing the orientation. The students’ ability in writing the complication was high. It was proved that 32 students (88.8%) had high ability in writing the complication. The students’ ability in writing the resolution was high. It was proved that 25 students (69.5%) had high ability in writing the resolution. The students’ ability in writing the re-orientation was low. It was proved that 33 students (91.6%) had low ability in writing the re-orientation. The students’ ability to use the language features was high. It was proved that 33 students (91.6%) had high ability to use the language features. The students’ ability to use the correct mechanics was high. It was proved that 27 students (75%) had high ability to use the correct mechanics.
Based on the result of this research, it can be concluded that eleventh grade students’ ability to write narrative text at SMAN 7 Padang was high, since students’ ability in writing content, orientation, complication, resolution, language features, and mechanics was high. The researcher suggests that teachers must give more exercise in one low aspect of students in writing re-orientation. Teachers are also advised to review and explain the narrative text, especially for students with low ability to write narrative text. For students who had high ability, the researcher suggests that they can maintain their ability to write narrative text. Students with low abilities, are expected to learn more about narrative text and should pay attention to the teacher’s explanations to improve their abilities. The researcher suggests the future researcher to investigate students’ ability in writing other genres.