A STUDY ON THE ABILITY OF THE SECOND YEAR STUDENTS OF SMAN 08 SIAK IN WRITING APPLICATION LETTER FOR AN ADVERTISEMENT

Abstract

Writing is one of the English language skill that have to be learnedby the students, so that, it needs great attention not only from the teachers butalso from the students. In this case, the students are given a chance to usetheir creative and critical thinking to express their ideas and opinions. Thisresearch is a descriptive research. This research was intended to analyze theability of the second year students of SMAN 08 Siak in writing applicationletter for an advertisement. The writer asked the students to write letters ofapplication in business according to an advertisement from ‘Jakarta Post’.Based on the findings, it can be concluded that the students’ ability in writingapplication letter for an advertisement is in “good” level.

Keywords: descriptive research, writing skill, application letter