In accordance with the symptoms, the writer has seen some problems that
should be discussed and overcome. It was firstly proven by the writer through her
preliminary research before doing the research which showed the symptoms as
explained as follows: Most of the students have studied all kinds of text type but
they are still confused to differentiate each other, Some of the students have
understood the example of each text given by the teacher but they cannot
implement in the real writing, Some of the students are able to write recount text
in a good linguistic features and schematic structure, but they can’t use them in
narrative text well, and Some of the students are able to write narrative text in a
good linguistic features and schematic structure, but they can’t use them in
recount text well.
The design of this study belongs to descriptive quantitative research which
describes the students’ ability in writing recount and narrative text. This research
is aimed at finding the students’ ability in writing recount and narrative texts and
to know the factors influencing students’ ability in writing recount and narrative
text.
The population of this research covered 222 students. Because the number
of population was too large, the writer took 25% of the population as sample. In
this case, the writer used random sampling technique to take 54 students. The
subject of this research was the First year students of MAN 1 Pekanbaru and the
object of this research was students’ ability in writing recount and narrative texts.
In collecting data, the writer used test and questionnaire. The test was used to
measure the ability of the students in writing recount and narrative text and the
questionnaire was used to know the factors influencing students’ ability in writing
recount and narrative text.
Based on the research finding, the result can be concluded that Students’
score in writing recount is better than narrative. It can be concluded because the
students’ ability in writing recount is categorized “enough” and students’ ability in
writing narrative is categorized “less”. While the factors influencing students’
ability in writing recount and narrative is their attitudes in learning, external factor
such as teachers’ role in learning, the curriculum and the facilities