Abstract :
This study aims to find out the students’ ability of seventh graders to write
transactional dialogues and to find out the students problem on writing
transactional dialogue. The method used in this research was the quantitative
description. The population in this study was seven graders of MTS
Maraqitta’limat Gelumpang. Informing the sample in this study the researchers
used the saturated sample technique, where the saturated sample technique is that
all populations are sampled if the population is small. The number of students in
seven graders was eighteen people that consisting of thirteen men and women
consisting of five people. Data obtained from the distribution of writing tests on
the students and then the results of the students writing transactional dialogue the
researcher analysis it’ used descriptive statistics. Based on the data analysis, it was
found that only one person who got very high scores (76) than one person who got
high scores (68), eight-person who got the average category (60) and six people
who got the low-grade category (52) and two person who got (44). The total
average value of students in writing transactional dialogue was 56.66. This shows
that the ability of students to interpret transactional dialogue was categorized as
low. After the mean score had founded 56.66, this is categorized average, it is
became answer that the hypothesis was rejected. The students comprise each
component of writing, namely organization, vocabulary, grammar, mechanics, and
content, but from this problem, the majority of these components students have
problems with mechanic, grammar and vocabulary.
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Key words: Writing ability and Transactional dialogue