Abstract:
This study entitled a study on the ability of the second year students' of MTS Diniyah Puteri Pekanbaru in writing pantun. The problems in this study focus on: (1) The ability in writing the content based on the first two lines of a pantun, (2) The ability in writing the first two lines of a pantun based on content, (3) The ability in writing a complete pantun. This study aimed to know the students ability in writing the pantun content based on the first two lines of a pantun, the students' ability in writing the first two lines based on content, and the students ability in writing a complete pantun. This study was descriptive study. The data collected by using tests. The population subjects of study were 71 students and the sample of study also 71 students which used as the total sample. In analyzing the data, the writer used mean formula which included competence criteria of achievement. The data analysis of this study was about: (1) 249 pantun couplet in writing pantun content ability based on the first two lines of a pantun,
(2) 240 pantun couplet in writing the first two lines of a pantun ability based on pantun content, (3) 126 pantun couplet in writing a complete pantun ability. The findings of this study indicated that (1) The ability in writing the content based on the first two lines of a pantun was in the high level, (2) The ability in writing the first two lines of a pantun based on content was in the medium level, and (3) The ability in writing a complete pantun was in the medium level.
