Students Obstacles in Identifying Narrative and Descriptive Text

This study aimed to discover students’ skill and students’ obstacles in identifying narrative and descriptive text. This research is a qualitative study with descriptive design. The sample of this research was chosen purposively, consisting 16 students of SMAN 1 Peukan Bada. The data were gained through open-ended questionnaire and in-depth interview. Based on the research result, it showed the students have the obstacles in learning narrative and descriptive text. The data also revealed that three obstacles faced by the students in identifying narrative and descriptive text including; lack of vocabulary, less interest the English subject (they do not really interested in English language learning) and not enjoy the learning method that was applied by the teacher.

Keywords: narrative text, descriptive text, and students’ obstacle