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Researchers often find that there are students' error' in using passive on writing texts. Applying proper grammar in writing recount text is usually a problem for students. The purpose of this study was to clasify the errors and the causes of English Literature students in using passive voice on their recount text writings at Pamulang University. Qualitative descriptive method was used to approach the data. The population in this study are about 200, third semester students of Unpam English Literature Department. Researchers take 20 students to represent the population sample with purposive sampling technique. The instrument is students’ recount texts. Researchers ask students to write down their unique experiences. Researchers collect data, identify data, classify passive voice errors and explain the causes of students’s errors in using passive voice on recount text. Students’ errors are classified into four categories based on the types of errors, they are omission errors, addition errors, misformation errors, and misordering errors. After finishing this research, researchers are expected to enrich lecturer and student knowledge and improve students' ability in useing passive sentences in writing recount text, and to find out the types and the causes of students' errors in using passive sentences in writing recount texts.

This study deals with the effect of using pictorial poster on student ability in writing descriptive text in viii class of SMP Negeri 4 Badar Academic Year 2021/2022. Its objective is How The Effect to descriptive text of grade VIII at SMP Negeri 1 Ketambe using Pictoral Poster effective?. The population on the research is the students of SMP Negeri 4. The sample that used is 1 class total 30 student. The research design is a research using Quantitative research methods using a descriptive approach. A descriptive approach is used to collect data systematically, factually, and quickly according to the description when the research was carried out. The students who were taught by Using Pictorial Poster got better achievement that those who were taught by using conventional technique that was Teacher. the highest score of the pre-test was 65 and the lowest was 45. While the highest score of post-test was 85 and the lowest was 70. The result of means of Pre-Test was 55.33  while the result of deviation standard was 6.32 And the result of means of Post-Test was 78.50. While the result of deviation standard was 5.35 From this research, it was found that the Using Pictorial Poster can cause a positive, which is proven from the result of the test, > or  ( 15.44> 2.04 ) there is significance Students Ability in Writing Descriptive Text Skill By Using Pictorial Poster Class VIII Of SMP Negeri 4 Badar In Academic Year 2021/2022.

Students have challenges during the learning process, particularly when it comes to descriptive writing. Most students struggle with coming up with ideas, organizing them, and writing paragraphs. Pinterest media is one of the appropriate media for students to enhance their writing. The aim of this research is to assess the impact of utilizing Pinterest visuals on the writing proficiency of seventh-grade students at SMP N 3 Jepara in composing descriptive text. Additionally, it seeks to identify any notable disparities in students' descriptive writing abilities before and after they are instructed using the Pinterest picture media approach. Data is collected via pre-test, post-test, and questionnaires. This study focused on a single group as the main data and it used a pre-experimental quantitative design. This study's sample size is VII H which has 24 students. Students are required to undergo both a pre-test and a post-test for their writing assessments. These test outcomes are subsequently subjected to analysis employing SPSS statistical software version 22. The findings reveal significant disparities, as evidenced by a hypothesis testing value of 0.000, which is less than the significance level of 0.05. This outcome leads to the acceptance of the alternative hypothesis, which asserts that "There is a significant influence of using Pinterest media on student's ability in writing descriptive text at VII H students of SMP N 3 Jepara".  

The research method used in this research is descriptive qualitative research with the aim of the research being to describe the mathematical communication profiles of blind students. This research was conducted at SLB Negeri Rasau Jaya which is located at Education Street No. 2, Desa Rasau Jaya Satu, Rasau Jaya District, Kubu Raya Regency, West Kalimantan Province, using the K13 curriculum. This study will describe the mathematical communication of SLBN Rasau Jaya students in the Cartesian coordinate material seen from aspects (1) The ability of students to give answers using everyday language in explaining ideas, situations and mathematical relations, orally or in writing with real objects, pictures, graphics and algebra. (Aspects of Written text); (2) Students' ability to connect real objects, pictures, and diagrams into mathematical ideas. (Drawing Aspects); (3) Students' ability to express everyday events in language or mathematical symbols. (Aspects of Mathematical Expression). In this study, the subjects of the study were all students of class VIII SLB Negei Rasau Jaya, which consisted of three students with low vision criteria. The data collection tools used in the research were observation sheets, interviews, and written tests. The mathematical communication skills of blind students have good abilities in the aspect of drawing. While the writing aspect was not fulfilled properly and the mathematical expression aspect did not meet the indicators at all.

This study aims to determaine whether there is an influence in the use of the ECOLA method on the ability to write procedural texts for students of class XI MA Bustanul Ulum Pagerharjo in the 2022/2023 academic year. In this research is a type of quantitative descriptive research. Data collection is done by testing techniques. Data analysis is presented in the form of table numbers, diagrams, and descriptions. The results of the analysis from this study are that there is an influence in the use of the ECOLA method on the ability to write procedural texts of students for the 2022/2023 school year. This can be proven from the results of hypothesis test, namely t count from the results the pretest dan posttest were 1,6627 an the results from the t table pretest and posttest were 2.015368. Thus it can be concluded that Ho is rejected and Ha is accepted, because t-table>t-count. So based on the hypothesis test calculations above, it can be said that use of the ECOLA method affects the ability to write procedural texts for students of class XI MA Bustanul Ulum Pagerharjo in the 2022/2023 academic year.

This study aims to analyze the effectiveness of research methodology learning with students' understanding in thesis writing. Research methodology plays an important role in equipping students with the knowledge and skills necessary to design, conduct and analyze research effectively. However, challenges in understanding the concepts of research methodology can affect students' ability to write quality thesis. Therefore, this study identified the challenges faced by students in learning research methodology and presented solutions that could be applied to increase learning effectiveness. The research method used was literature study and descriptive analysis. Data was collected through a literature review which included research articles, textbooks and other related sources of information. Data analysis was carried out by identifying common challenges in learning research methodology and recommendations that can be implemented to overcome these challenges. The results of the study indicate that a good understanding of research methodology has a positive impact on student thesis writing. Students who have a good understanding of research methodology tend to plan their research well, collect valid data, carry out appropriate data analysis, use relevant reference sources, and construct strong arguments in their thesis. However, there are challenges such as material complexity, limited resources, lack of practical experience, time constraints, and low motivation that need to be overcome. Recommendations to improve research methodology learning include developing a good curriculum, training lecturers, providing adequate resources and facilities, use of technology in learning, intensive individual guidance, and further research on the effectiveness of research methodology learning. By implementing these recommendations, students are expected to gain a better understanding of research methodology and apply it well in their thesis writing. This increased understanding will have an impact on the quality of thesis writing, a more significant contribution in the field of study, and better preparation for future academic or professional careers.

The purpose of this study was to investigate the performance English test in school examination in Indonesia education system through students’ perception. The school examination is a test to determine whether students can pass and continue to higher education. The goal held in the school Examination English test is a measure of success or failure of students in academic performance. research describe is closely related to the performance of 3rd graders of senior high school  in performing English test in the school examination. Overall the students showed their performance in the English language test of school examination according to their intellectual ability. It consists of 15 students (4 males and 11 females) at Annida Al Islamy Junior High School  who were passed school examination in 2021-2022 academic years. The participants were selected through convenient (availability) sampling procedure. This study was designed as qualitative study.  In collecting the data, the writer used online questionnaire to identify students’ perception on English school examination in Indonesia education system. The findings show that the writers get some students’ perception on performance English test in school examination of school students in three aspects.  They are psychologies and social domain, behaviour domain, and cognitive domain. In psychologies and social domain showed 13% the participants disagree, 54% the participants agree, and 33% the participants strongly agree that performance English test in school examination is able to measure ability in writing. There are 80% the participants also agree and 20% the participants strongly agree that  performance English test in the texts of monologue such as narrative, recount, descriptive, report are very important as a student.

This research aims to know the ability of the respondents in the VIII Class of SMPN 1 Badar in writing descriptive text and difficulties in writing descriptive text. The research employed qualitative research methods to find out what respondents’ challanges in writing descriptive text. The particpants of this reseacrh were 123 respondents which using Krejcie and Morgan. This research using test to see the respondents’ ability in writing descriptive text. The research data was collected through test with using rubrics; content, organization, grammar, vocabulary, and mechanics. The result of the data showed that many factors cause students to experience ptoblems in writing, especially in writing descriptive text. The average 45,02 of total respondents’ ability that indicated that only few of the respondents understood about the descriptive text. There were only 3 respondents who got the highest scores and the scores were 75 and 71,25. And only one respondents who got the score 75 from the total sampling were 123. It means that only 0,81% respondents have achieved the school KKM score of 75. However, there were 24 respondents who got the lowest scores and the scores were 32,5. Respondents have a low ability to write a descriptive text. Most respondents do not understand about how to write descriptive text and still confusing how to make it into English.This research found that each respondents had a different ability in writing descriptive text. This suggested that teacher could improve their teaching skill in the descriptive text in an interesting way.

This research was meant to describe students' descriptive writing abilities. The sample of this research were 25 second semester students of English education study program of IAIN Palangka Raya who were chosen using random sampling technique. This research is descriptive research. Then, a descriptive text writing test was used to measure the students' ability in writing descriptive text. Vocabulary, mechanics, and organization are the three key areas on which students' abilities to write descriptive writings are being concentrated. While the final ability of students in writing descriptive texts is categorized into five levels; very good, good, average, fair, bad. The findings revealed that the students generally had a score of 66 for writing descriptive text, which was considered to be good. Meanwhile, three components that researcher focused on in writing descriptive text; Student's vocabulary score is 77 categorized in good level, Student's mechanics score is 63 categorized in good level, and students' organization score is 63 categorized or in good level.