Generic Structure of Students’ Written Narrative Text: A Case of the Nine Grade Students of SMP N 3 Mranggen Demak in the Academic Year 2019/2020

Abstract

This research deals with students‟ writing ability in writing generic structure of narrative. The objectives of this research are (1) To find out how is the generic structure of the narrative texts written by eight-year students of SMP N 3 Mranggen Demak, (2) To find out what problems are faced by the students in using the generic structure of narrative text, (3) To find out the solutions of the problems found in using the Generic Structure of narrative texts written by eight-year students of SMP N 3 Mranggen Demak. In order to reach those three objectives, the researchers use descriptive qualitative research design. The research is taken from observation the result of data finding were displayed through each students. There are 15 samples in total of student’s narrative text that the researchers conducted in SMP N 3 Mranggen Demak. The researchers named each representation with code S-1 (student number 1) to S-5 (student number 5). The researchers explained the problems that students faced through five representative students among 15 samples. The students faced several mistakes. For examples, the misspelled words were: upon became up on, through became though, together became thogeter, anytime became any time, saw a became sawa, climbed became cimbed, did not became didnot, ground became grand. And the grammar mistakes that commonly happens where in these sentences: “once

upon a time there were two close friends...”, “...they know that anything dangerous can happen...”, “...one of them climbed to a near trees...”, “..the others friend replied....” The grammar mistakes were mostly mistakes in plural and singular noun.