The ability of the students Tsanawiyah Darul Falah Langga Payung in writing narrative paragraph

Based on the aims of the research were to know the ability of the students tsanawiyah Darul Falah Langga Payung in writing narrative paragraph, to know the difficulties of the students Tsanawiyah Darul Falah Langga Payung in writing narrative paragraph, and to know the efforts done by the English teacher in overcoming the difficulties. The research was conducted with descriptive analysis and qualitative approach. There were 30 students as sample of analytical unit from 60 students of Tsanawiyah Darul Falah Langga Payung. There were 3 instruments in collecting data: test, interview, and observation. Data was processed and analyzed with qualitative process. After doing the research to the students Tsanawiyah Darul Falah Langga Payung, it could be concluded that the students ability in writing narrative paragraph was enough (44,33). Because the students’ difficulties were in past tense, vocabulary, construct the sentence, finding the idea of narrative paragraph, developing the main idea of narrative paragraph the concluding of narrative paragraph, punctuation. The efforts done by the English teacher in overcoming the difficulties about past tense; the teacher repeat the lesson and gave more examples. The English teacher ordered students to memorize the word. Then the English teacher explained the ways to construct of the sentences and gave examples, the English teacher gave the title that near with students experience, knowledge, to found the idea of paragraph. The English teacher explained about the narrative paragraph, the generic structure of narrative paragraph and aspects of paragraph. Next the English teacher gave the exercises to the students about narrative paragraph, and then the English teacher repeat again the material about narrative paragraph. The last the English teacher explained about the punctuation in narrative paragraph