ANALISIS KEMAMPUAN MENULIS SISWA PADA TEKS DESKRIPSI KELAS XI SMK NEGERI 2 TARAKAN
This research aimed to analyse the descriptive text writing skills of class XI SMK Negeri 2 Tarakan students. The objective of this research was to describe the problems students face in writing descriptive texts at SMK Negeri 2 Tarakan. This research was used the descriptive qualitative research method. The researcher used students of SMK Negeri 2 Tarakan as research subjects. In carrying out the research, the researcher used purposive sampling. There are two methods in collecting data, namely observation and documentation. The research data was processed and analysed using the theory of Mile and Huberman. The results showed: 1) observation, it can be concluded that there is a need for more explanation and more intense learning exposure, especially in students' writing style. 2) Interview, the result of the interviews to the students showed that almost students have difficulties in learning English. The most students’ difficulty in learning English was the students lack of vocabulary so the students don’t understand the meaning when the students listened what teacher said, when the students spoke, when the students read the text, and when the students wrote their task. 3) documents, showing the ability to write descriptive texts in 11th graders at SMK Negeri 2 Tarakan in terms of content, the organization, vocabulary, language, and mechanism. In addition, the researcher found various forms of writing errors in the descriptive text by 11th-grade students at SMK Negeri 2 Tarakan. The writing errors include error punctuation, typographical problems, capital letters, misplacement of words or incorrect word choice in the sentences, the usage of the incorrect term in the sentence, the problems in spelling words, the mistake of placing conjunctions in the phrases.