PROJECT (Professional Journal of English Education) p–ISSN 2614-6320 Volume 4, No. 3, May 2021 e–ISSN 2614-6258 Students’ Perception in Writing Descriptive Text |397 STUDENTS’ PERCEPTION IN WRITING DESCRIPTIVE TEXT Rizki Kurnia 1 , Evie Kareviati 2 1,2 IKIP Siliwangi 1 rizkur@student.ikipsiliwangi.ac.id, 2 ekareviati@gmail.com Abstract In this study, the researcher used qualitative research method to find out students’ perception in writing descriptive text. The subjects of this research were the 25 students in SMPN 32 Bandung. They were 13 boys and 12 girls. To collect the data, the researcher used pre-test, post-test that given after the students had got the treatment and also questionnaire. The result of the study showed the highest score for pre- test was 84, the lowest score was 16, and the mean score was 43.2. The data showed that the students’ score still low. And the highest score for post-test was 90, the lowest score was 40, and the mean score was 68.8. It means that students improved their ability after the treatment given, and their perception in writing descriptive text was found. But the researcher indicates that the students were still in low level or their ability in writing descriptive text was still weak. Keywords: Students’ Perception, Writing, Descriptive Text INTRODUCTION The teaching-learning process of English language concentrates on the four skills, thos are : reading, listening, speaking and writing (Pratiwi et al., 2019), and here is some statement of writing, the first is that writing is activity to write something in our mind to give idea, feelings, opinion or information in writing by using pencil, pen, marker and etc in the media paper or the others (Farizi & Fauzyah, 2019). The second is that writing becomes successful when the reader catches a glimpse of the hidden speaker behind the text; when a phrase, a sentence, a few words reveal the human subject’s intentions and presence (Nugraha & Maryani, 2020). The third is Writing is about more than making our thoughts and ideas visible and concrete (Widayanti et al., 2019). It can be said that in writing, writers must have certain goals and intentions, certain relationships to their readers, and certain information to convey to the readers . Writing is considered as the most complicated skill to be mastered required not only great vocabularies but also grammar. However, writing in English is not easy and the students often find some difficulties while they are writing. There are some texts that can be written, one of them is descriptive text. Descriptive text is the text that describes something. It is close to the learners’ life. It is used to tell what or who a person is, place, or thing. A statement also said that a descriptive text usually has two main sections: first identification it is about how to introduction of a person, place, animal, or object will be described. And second it is about description of something such as animal, things, place or person by describing its feature, forms, colors, or anything related to what the writer describe. Descriptive text also has characteristic or language features such as adjectives and compound adjective dominant to used and using the simple present tense (Royani & Sadiah, 2019). Students’ perception can be observed, analyzed, and classified to be found out by the researcher. So, the researcher was interested in conducting this research based on the research problem: what students’ perception in writing descriptive text is and what the causes of it are. One thing