AN ANALYSIS ON GENERIC STRUCTURE OF RECOUNT TEXTS WRITTEN BY ELEVENTH GRADE STUDENTS OF SMAN 8 BENGKULU CITY

The objectives of this research were to find out how the generic structure of recount
text written by students and the writing problems faced by them. The researcher
used written test and written interview as the instruments of this research by using
mixed method research. The subject of this research was XI IPS 1 Class chosen
based on purposive sampling because the researcher chose the class that had studied
recount text and the class that still had problems in writing recount text. Apart from
that, XI IPS 1 is a class that has been determined by the school and the teacher as a
class that can be used to conduct this research. The number of students of XI IPS 1
was thirty-five students. The findings of this research showed that the recount text
made by most of the students had a complete generic structure. From thirty-five
recount texts, twenty-seven students wrote orientation completely, thirty students
wrote events completely, and twenty-nine students wrote re-orientation completely.
Then, the student had problems in writing recount text. There were twenty-five
students had problems with the content. Twenty-six students had problems with
organization. Twenty students had problems with grammar. Twenty-nine students
had problems with vocabulary. The last, sixteen students had problems in
mechanics.
Keywords: The Recount Text, Generic Structure of Recount Text, Students’
Problems in Writing Recount Text