THE EFFECT OF JOURNAL WRITING TECHNIQUE ON STUDENTS’ WRITING ABILITY
Keywords:
effect, journal writing technique, writing abilityAbstract
This quasi-experimental research aims at looking at the effect
of Journal Writing technique on the ability in writing a
paragraph. Specifically, the research answers the research
questions about the students’ ability in writing, the effect of
Journal Writing technique on the students’ ability in writing,
and the students’ attitude toward Journal Writing technique
applied in their Writing class. The sample are one class from
the second semester of English Department students in 2017
2018 academic year. The data were collected through writing
tests and the distribution of a set of questionnaires. From the
results, nearly 60% of students’ ability in writing is at Average
to Good level before the treatment. After the treatment,
56.76% of their ability is at Good to Excellent level. To test
whether the increased score is statistically significant or not,
the data were analyzed using t-test. Having t-obs (8.26) which
is higher than t-table (2.030), there is a plausible reason to
believe that the teaching of writing using Journal Writing
technique significantly affects the students’ ability in writing
paragraph. The data from questionnaire showed nearly 64%
students have ‘high’ attitude toward Journal Writing technique
applied in their class.
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