AN ANALYSIS OF USING PERSONAL PRONOUNS IN WRITING RECOUNT TEXT PARAGRAPH WRITEN BY THE EIGHTH GRADE STUDENTS OF SMP IT ROUDLOTUSSALAM IN ACADEMIC YEAR 2021/2022

ABSTRAK

Nuafi, Liwalana. 2021. “An Analysis of Using Personal Pronouns in Writing
Recount Text Paragraph Writen by The Eighth Grade Students of SMP
IT Roudlotussalam In Academic Year 2021/2022. Thesis, English
Education Department Faculty Of Education And Training Islamic
Institute Darussalam. Advisor. Mohammad Mahmud, M.Pd.
Keywords: Personal Pronoun, Writing, Recount Text
The primary issue in this study is how is the using personal pronouns in
writing recount paragraph written by the eighth grade students of SMP IT
Roudlotussalam. The purpose of this research to find out the using personal
pronouns in writing recount paragraph written by the eighth grade students of
SMP IT Roudlotussalam.
The method used in this research is descriptive qualitative research. Data
source in this study came from a document created by class VIII students’ at SMP
IT Roudlotussalam. The data collection technique used in are this study
observation and documentation.
According to the study's findings, there are five categories of personal
pronouns in the recount text in writing by class VIII SMP IT Roudlotussalam,
including subject pronouns as the subject of verbs, object pronoun as the objects
of verb and prepositions, possessive adjective sometimes used to describe a noun,
possessive pronoun is used instead of a noun, reflexive pronoun.
According to the study's findings, students' grasp of the usage of proper
personal pronouns is still restricted and does not correspond to experts'
understanding of personal pronouns. This is seen by the amount of students who
do not utilize personal pronouns from the aforementioned categories, particularly
possessive pronouns instead of nouns and reflexive pronouns.