A Content Analysis of Students' Ability in Writing Descriptive Text at the First Grade of Vocational High School Santiwit Songkhla Technological College Thailand

Holifah, Siti Nur (0002) A Content Analysis of Students' Ability in Writing Descriptive Text at the First Grade of Vocational High School Santiwit Songkhla Technological College Thailand. Undergraduate thesis, IN KIAI HAJI ACHMAD SHIDDIQ JEMBER.

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Siti Nur Holifah, 2024: A Content Analysis of Students' Ability in Writing Descriptive Text at The First Grade of Vocational High School Santiwit Songkhla Technological College Thailand.

Keyword: writing ability, descriptive text.

World Englishes uses a variety of approaches and techniques in teaching English that are tailored to the specific contexts of different countries, including Thailand. However, English teaching in Thailand faces significant challenges. Several studies have revealed that students' English language abilities are relatively low. This evident among students at the first grade of vocational high school Santiwit Songkhla Technological College, Thailand. The students have diffficulties in writing, nonentheless the lack of analysis of student ability by the teachers to students abilities. This highlights the urgent need for students’ ability analysis to improve learning outcomes, especially in writing ability.
The aims of this research is to analyze students' abilities in writing descriptive text. Besides that, to find out the classifications of descriptive text are presented by students. These research objectives were taken from research questions, including: (1) How is the students’ ability in writing descriptive text at the first grade of Vocational High School Santiwit Songhkla Technological College Thailand? (2) Whatthe classifications of descriptive text are presented in the students’ worksheets at the first grade of Vocational High School Santiwit Songhkla Technological College Thailand?
This research used qualitative. Content analysis was the research design. Students' worksheets used in collecting the data, especially descriptive text. The research participants used purposive sampling. They were students at the first grade of Vocational High School Santiwit Songkhla Technological College Thailand. It consisted of 17 students. The data analysis used Donald Ary’s theory. And to show the validity of the data, the researcher used investigator triangulation, which consisted of two validators.
Findings: (1) Students’ writing ability from five aspects of writing in composing descriptive text was at poor level. In the organization of ideas, most of them lacked identification. The content arrangement of descriptive text in the students’ worksheets was relevant to the topic. In a grammatical aspect, some of them were errors in using simple present tense. 13 students were error in using simple present tense and 3 students were correct in using simple present tense. Most errors was found in mechanics. There were 17 students errors in using punctuation and spelling words. In the vocabulary aspect, they were good enough. It means they have known well what part of speech from the vocabulary. This research found from 17 students, 3 students achieved average level, 7 students achieved poor level, and 7 students achieved very poor level (2) This research also found the classifications of descriptive text presented in the students’ worksheets. Based on the findings from 17 students’ worksheets. Descriptive text in describing thing was the most dominant types presented by students. It presented by 13 students. The second was describing person. It was presented by 3 students. The last was describing place. It was presented by 1 student.

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