The Effect of Diary Writing on the Students’ Ability in Writing Recount Text at Grade X of SMA Negeri 4 Pematang Siantar

The purpose of this research was to investigate the effect of diary writing on writing abilities of 10th grade students at SMA Negeri 4 Pematang Siantar. Specifically, the focus was on their ability to write a recount text. The research employed a quantitative research method and adopted quasi-experimental design. This research enlisted a total of 353 students from 10th grade students of SMA Negeri 4 Pematang Siantar. From this population, 35 students from each class of X PMIA 2 and X PMIA 5 were chosen as sample. The assessment tools employed were pre-test and post-test in writing. The research utilized Brown's assessment standard for writing, which encompassed elements, iucluding content, structure, grammar, vocabulary, and technicalities. The process of analyzing data involved the use of SPSS version 21. This software facilitated the performance of several tests, including descriptive analysis, normality, Wilcoxon, homogeneity, and Mann Whitney tests. From the findings, it was revealed that Assymp. Sig. (2-tailed) was 0.017 < 0.05. Consequently, Ha was approved while Ho was declined. The skill of writing recount text among students at SMA Negeri 4 Pematang Siantar was found to be greatly impacted by the act of diary writing

Semiotics Analysis Of Signs Found In Batak Toba Wedding Ceremony

Penelitian ini berjudul, “Analisis Semiotika Tanda yang Ditemukan dalam Upacara Pernikahan Batak Toba” Ritual pernikahan Batak Toba dan bahasa isyarat yang terkait dianalisa. Tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah untuk mempelajari lebih lanjut tentang sinyal, signifikansinya, dan bagaimana mereka cocok dengan budaya Batak Toba. Banyak orang Barat modern yang tidak menyadari keberadaan Batak Toba, meskipun faktanya peradaban ini telah ada selama berabad-abad. Untuk memahami tanda-tanda yang digunakan dalam upacara pernikahan Batak Toba, penulis mengacu pada teori Ferdinand de Saussure, yaitu penanda dan petanda. Penulis menggunakan metode kualitatif, yang terdiri dari melakukan penelitian lapangan untuk mengumpulkan data atau informasi yang berkaitan dengan subjek, untuk melengkapi penelitian. Peneliti menyimpulkan bahwa delapan sinyal berbeda digunakan selama upacara pernikahan Batak Toba: boras, boanboan, lagetiar, dekke, tumpak, jambar, ulos, dan tumpak. Isyarat memiliki konotasi dan asosiasi dalam budaya Batak Toba yang meliputi kekuasaan, cinta, kepedulian, keterbukaan, kesuburan, bantuan keuangan, hubungan kekeluargaan, semangat, kehangatan, dan kesopanan

Students’ Difficulties in Writing Recount and Narrative Text

The aim in this research is to find out the students’ difficulties in writing recount and narrative text at eleventh grade of SMAS HKBP Sidorame. This research the researchers used descriptive qualitative. The data sources of this research take from students writing that the researchers come to their school. The data of this research are students writing that have students’ difficulties in recount and narrative text by students SMAS HKBP Sidorame. The instrument collecting data used documentation in the form of students writing, and for technique collecting data is documentation method in the form of written document. The result/ findings that the students’ difficulties in writing were mostly found in grammar (69), vocabulary (27), handwriting (0), punctuation (1), spell (0). Student’s difficulties are an unintentional act of someone in writing which results in a sentence or story not having a good structure and making it difficult for readers and listeners to understand. The researchers conclude that most of the students '' difficulties in writing are in grammar because of the lack of understanding in the preparation of sentences besides the lack of students in vocabulary because as we know in English, they must have a lot of vocabulary