Linguistic Intelligence in Learning to Write Explanation Text

This study purpose to describe the process of learning Indonesian, that is, students are required to be smart, creative, skilled and independent in understanding and applying the concepts learned in writing explanatory text material. So in the learning process, linguistic intelligence can improve the writing skills of explanatory texts in junior high schools by developing words / terms. The type of research used by researchers is descriptive analysis. Data collection techniques used observation, interviews, and documentation. Based on data obtained from three Indonesian language teachers and 96 students the level of linguistic intelligence of students in writing explanatory texts has increased. Students' linguistic intelligence is written in an explanatory text. The results of this study indicate that the factors that affect students' linguistic intelligence consist of factors from within and outside of students. Factors originating from within students include physical conditions, emotional conditions, and learning styles. While factors that come from outside the student self are supporting school programs.