%D 2018
%T STUDENTS’ PROBLEM IN CONSTRUCTING 
NEWS ITEM TEXT
(A Study Conducted to the Third Grade Students of Bhakti Medika Ciomas 
Vocational High School)
A PAPER
Submitted to the English Language Education Study Program, Faculty of 
Teacher Training and Educational Sciences, Pakuan University as a Partial 
Fulfillment of Requirements for the Sarjana Pendidikan Examination
%L eprintsunpak5141
%X The paper entitled “Students’ Problems in Constructing News Item Text” is aimed 
to find out Students’ Problems in Construct News Item Text. To conduct the 
research, the writer applies descriptive method to describe the students’ problems 
in constructing news item text. The research is conducted to the third grade 
students as the respondent. Purposive sampling is used to conduct this research 
and took some students in a class of third-grade students who have highest, 
mediocre and lower achievement in constructing news item text. The writer uses 
three instruments including documentation, questionnaire and interview. The 
documentation are taken from students’ worksheet and score is done to the teacher 
who teaches English. Students’ worksheets are used to find out their problem in
constructing news item text. Questionnaire is distributed to 28 students after 
constructing news item text. Interview is done into 9 students for get a deep their 
problem. The research finding shows that the students get problems in 
constructing news item text. The writer finds out three students’ problems namely 
problems in grammar, problems in spelling and problems in punctuation. The 
result shows that the problems in grammar and spelling are the most difficulty 
experienced by the students in constructing news item text.
Keywords: Problems, News Item Text
%A Putrisari Gladys Santosa
%A Deddy Sofyan
%A Mursidah Rahmah
%I Universitas Pakuan