A STUDY ON THE ABILITY IN SUMMARY WRITING BY THE FOURTH SEMESTER STUDENTS OF ENGLISH STUDY PROGRAM FKIP UNIVERSITAS RIAU

Abstract

Abstract: This descriptive quantitative research is aimed at finding out the ability of the fourth semester students of English Study Program, FKIP-Universitas Riau in summary writing. The samples of the research are 39 fourth semester students in academic year of 2019/2020 who are chosen by using cluster random sampling technique. The data were obtained from students’ performance in summary writing. There were two paragprahs used as the test to assess the students’ ability. The time allocation was 60 minutes for the entire test. The data were graded by three raters by using analytical scoring system that assesses some aspects of writing: focus and organization; elaboration, support, and style; grammar, usage and mechanics. The finding shows that the students have quite good ability level in summary writing with the mean score of 69. Besides, it is found out that the students’ ability in terms of grammar, usage and mechanics is the highest among other aspects with the mean score of 77. The lowest score is in terms of elaboration, support, and style with the mean score of 64. This study suggests that the students need to do more practice and be concerned more toward every aspect of writing, particularly in terms of elaboartion, support, and style.
Keywords: Study, Writing Ability, Summary