CD Skripsi
A Study On The Ability In Summary Writing By The Fourth Semester Students Of English Study Program Fkip Universitas Riau
Abstract: This descriptive quantitative research is aimed at finding out the
ability of the fourth semester students of English Study Program, FKIPUniversitas
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
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