Indonesian EFL Students’ Problems In Writing Recount Text

Abstract

Writing is the way to express an idea or thought in words to transfer information
for readers. Commonly, writing is the hardest thing for EFL learners because
they have to practice more and through a long process to create good writing. In
this research, the researcher is interested to discover the EFL learners’ problem
in constructing written recount text at tenth grade of SMK Muhammadiyah 1
Banjarmasin academic year 2017/2018. Therefore, the researcher employed a
descriptive qualitative study and used purposive sampling as the sampling
technique. The participants were 32 EFL learners of X- B Accountancy class.
The researcher used test, interview, and documentation to gather the data. The
outcome of the study revealed that the EFL learners faced two main problems,
namely grammar and vocabulary aspect. Besides, there are still other problems
faced by some of the EFL learners in terms of content, organization, as well as
mechanics. Those problems came from the EFL learners’ lack of practice in
writing during the class session. Therefore, the researcher suggests the EFL
teacher help the EFL learners to overcome the problems based on this research.
The teacher also has to discover the solution to enhance the EFL learners’
capability in constructing written recount text.