Author (Penulis)

FARADISA FITRIANI
Universitas Nusantara PGRI Kediri

Author Identity (NPM)

13.1.01.08.0154

Abstract

Writing is the most difficult skill for second or foreign language learners to master. It means that writing is complicated language skill which need the skill how to write language correctly and how to arrange words into sentences become paragraph that be meaningful according to grammatical rules. According to the some opinions above, the researcher conclude that writing is not only a medium that can be used for sharing and communicating ideas to other people in written form, but writing also a way to learn because it’s need to do some activities such as reading, thinking, experimenting, during our writing process. This research is aimed to find out whether the effect of using diary to tenth grade students’ writing ability. The research uses quantitative approach and the method is experimental study, one group pre-test and post-test design. The population of study is tenth grade of SMA Muhammadiyah Kediri in academic year 2016/2017 that consist of 76 students. The sample taken using purposive random sampling, are 20 students in class x-1. The instrument used is essay test. The result of the pre- test and posttest are analyzed using t-test. The result of the analysis showed that posttest mean score (77.25) is higher than pre-test mean score (60.85). It means that students’ writing ability after being taught using diary increased. In addition, the result of t-test computation showed that t-score (10.205) is higher than t-table (2.093). In conclusion, there was a significant effect of diary on students’ writing ability. It is suggested that the teacher should use diary in teaching writing ability.

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PUBLISHED

2017-08-25

JOURNAL

Simki-Pedagogia

ISSN

2599-073X

ISSUE

Vol. 01 No. 07 Tahun 2017

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