An Analysis Of The Students’ Ability To Write An English Essay By Chonological Order Pattern (An Analysis Of Transitional Signals And Organization Idea)

There are many elements that need to be put in writing an essay transition signals and idea organization. This study aimed to be explored students’ ability in using transition signals and idea organization of their essay. The collect data quantitative study administered test and questionnaire to the Students of English Language Department of UIN Ar-raniry. 10 students participated in writing essay test and 40 students participated in answer the questionnaires. The writer took the sample by using purposive sampling, in data analysis, the writer using writing rubric and formula to get scores and percentage by the students. Results showed that the average score was 73.1. It is mean that 5 students in good predicate, 2 students in excellent predicate and 2 students in failure predicate. However, the students faced difficulties in organize idea for paragraph writing, such us students do not know how to make idea in each paragraph.