A STUDY ON THE RECOUNT TEXT WRITING ABILITY OF THE FIRST YEAR STUDENTS OF SMKN 1 PEKANBARU

Abstract

This study aims to determine the writing ability level of first-year students at SMKN 1 Pekanbaru in composing recount texts. The population of this research consisted of 426 students. Using cluster random sampling, one class with 34 students was selected as the sample. The instrument used in this study was a writing test. To ensure validity, the students’ writing results were assessed by three raters. The raters evaluated five aspects of recount text writing: content, organization, vocabulary, grammar, and mechanics. Based on the results, among the five aspects, Mechanics received the highest average score of 80.59, categorized as Good, while Organization had the lowest average score of 70.98, which also falls into the Average category. The findings show that the overall writing ability of the students is at the Average level, with a mean score of 73.84.