A Study On The Ability Of The Third Year Students Of English Study Program At Riau University In Writing Plot Summary Of “Up” Movie

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A STUDY ON THE ABILITY OF THE THIRD YEAR STUDENTS OF ENGLISH STUDY PROGRAM AT RIAU UNIVERSITY IN WRITING PLOT SUMMARY OF “UP” MOVIE ERIYUNITA, SYAFRI. K, JISMULATIF English Study Program Faculty of Teacher’s Training and Education Riau University Abstract The aim of this research is to observe the ability of the third year students of English Study Program at Riau University in writing especially in writing a plot movie summary, where the students are required to write a summary of plot from the movie given. Since cluster sampling is used for the purpose of this study, the sample chosen is only one class from three classes available which is class C. The sample then gathered in one room and watched a movie entitled “Up” prepared by the writer, and wrote the summary of plot from the story told in the movie. The components evaluated in this case are meaning, style, form and conventions. Students writing is evaluated by three independent raters those are knowledgeable in English. The result indicated that the ability of the third year students of English study Program at Riau University in writing in this case is good. It is proven by the mean score of students writing based on the three raters evaluation which is 70.2, where the average score of the students in writing plot movie summary based on the first rater is 69 which is belong to Good level, and the average score of students writing based on the second rater is 72.2 that is classified into Good level while it is 69.5 based on the last rater which is also considered as Good level. It means that the students have had the skill in writing althought they, still, shouldn‟t stop learning and practicing so that their writing ability will be advanced at last.