THE USE OF WRITING JOURNAL IN EFL CLASSROOM AT THE EIGHT GRADE STUDENTSOF SMPN 13 MATARAM IN ACADEMIC YEAR 2018/2019

Anti, Susanti (2019) THE USE OF WRITING JOURNAL IN EFL CLASSROOM AT THE EIGHT GRADE STUDENTSOF SMPN 13 MATARAM IN ACADEMIC YEAR 2018/2019. undergraduate thesis, ["eprint_fieldopt_institution_Universitas Muhammadiyah Mataram" not defined].

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Abstract

Journal writing is the process of recording personal insights, reflections and questions on assigned or personal topics. To make easier in apply this technique, the researcher comes to some purposes of study are to investigate the effect of writing journal and to analyze the significant different in students’ score between students who are taught using writing journal than without using writing journal. The subject of this study is the second grade students of SMPNegeri13 Mataram in academic year 2018/2019 with the total of population is 300 students and by using cluster random sampling, the researcher was taken 60 students as a sample which devided into two groups namely a control and an experimental group. In this research, the researcher used a quasi-experimental design with three types, they are pre-test, treatment, and post-test. To analyze the data, the researcher used SPSS 17.00, and the data were collected through a writing recount text about their experiences for pre-test and holiday for post-test. Based on the result of this study, the mean score of the students in experimental class before giving treatment is 48.13. After giving the students treatment by using writing journal it has improved with the total score is 57.47, so the alternate hypothesis is accepted. Then, the students who were not taught using writing journal in the control class got the pre-test score 44,33 and post-test score 48,77. Mean score of the post-test from the experimental class was higher than the mean score of the control class. From Independent Test above if sig. (2-tailed) of 0,000<0,05, it means that the use of writing journal has significant different in students’ score between students who are taught using writing journal than without writing journal at the second grade of SMP Negeri 13Mataram in academic year 2018/2019. Then from paired test sig. (2-tailed) of 0,000<0,05, it means that the use of writing journal has effect. Therefore, the researcher concludes that the use of writing journal is significant different and has effect in student writing skill at the second grade students of SMP Negeri 13 Mataram and the alternate hypothesis (Ha) is accepted. Keywords: Writing Journal Technique, Writing Skill.

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