ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

Alhamdulillahirabbil’alamin…

First of all, praise is merely to Allah SWT, the almighty and merciful God, for His

abundant mercy and blessing that enables the writer to finish her script. This script

entitled “The Correlation between the Students’ Motivation and Their Writing

Ability of Second Year Students of SMA Al Kautsar Bandar Lampung” is

submitted as a compulsory fulfillment of the requirement for S-1 Degree at the

Language and Arts Education Department of Teacher Training and Education

Faculty of University of Lampung.

Gratitude and honor are addressed to all persons who have helped and supported

the writer until the completion of this research. Since it is necessary to be known

that this research will never have come into its existence without any supports,

encouragements and assistances by several outstanding people and institutions,

the writer would like to express his sincere gratitude and respect to:

1. Prof. Dr. Cucu Sutarsyah, M.A., as my first supervisor and also my

academic advisor who has contributed and given his invaluable

evaluations, comments, and suggestions during the completion of this

script.

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2. Drs. Deddy Supriyadi, M.Pd., as the second advisor, for his assistance,

ideas, guidance and carefulness in correcting the writer’s script.

3. Drs. Sudirman, M.Pd., as the examiner and for his support encouragement,

ideas, and suggestion in supporting the writer.

4. Dr. Mulyanto Widodo, M.Pd., as the chairperson of Language and Arts

Education Department.

5. Dr. Ari Nurweni, M.A., as the Chief of English Education Study Program

and all lecturers of English Education Study Program who have

contributed their guidance during the completion process until

accomplishing this script.

6. Eko Anzair, S.Si., as the Headmaster of SMA Al Kautsar Bandar

Lampung for giving the writer permittion to conduct the research.

7. Liszia Devi Mutiara, S.Pd., as the English teacher of SMA Al Kautsar

Bandar Lampung who has allowed the writer did the research there. Also

all the students of XI IPA 1 and XI IPA 2 in the year of 2014/2015, for

their participation as the subject of this research.

8. The writer’s parents (Hamdani MS and Aprida Haryati), the great brothers

(Agung Prima Putra, M. Faridz Alfaridzi, and M. Dhuha Alfathin) and my

lovely sister (Rully Trisna Iswari, Amd.), for their loves, supports,

motivations and prayers.

9. My Best Women, Suri Widhya Kesuma, Nidia Putri, Realita Siwi JN, Fiya

Sholatunisa, Yuyun Diah Anggraini, and Hesti Apala. Thanks for

accompanying me in my bad, flat, and good times.

10. All of the members of ED 2011.

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11. My Two Girls at BH (Bangke House) Hanna Benedicta Simanjuntak and

Elisabeth Gracia Simanjuntak. It is such a crazy heights to know and live

together with you.

12. My Partner, Danel Mahendra. Thanks for acquainting me to the realm.

You have made it.

13. Alexander Sitinjak, S.Pd., as my informal advisor.

Finally, the writer believes that her writing is still far for perfection. There

may be weaknesses in this research. Thus, comments and suggestions are

always opened for better research. Somehow, the writer hopes this

research can give a positive contribution to the educational development,

the readers and those who want to accomplish further research.

Bandar Lampung, Agustus 2015

The writer,

Dara Helmasena

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