IMPROVING THE WRITING SKILLS THROUGH DIARY WRITING OF THE TENTH GRADE STUDENTS OF SMA N 1 NGEMPLAK

摘要

This research was aimed at implementing diary writing as a medium to improve the writing skills of the tenth grade students of SMA N 1 Ngemplak in the academic year of 2013/2014. udThis research was an action research study. The participants of this research were 31 students of grade X D, the English teacher, and the collaborator. This research used two types of data, namely qualitative data and quantitative data. The qualitative data were obtained through an interview with the English teacher and the students and observations during the teaching and learning process. Meanwhile, the quantitative data were in the form of the results of the students‟ writing before the implementation of the actions (pre-test) and after the implementation of the actions (post-test). udThe results of the research showed that there were improvements on the students‟ writing skills in the five aspects, namely the content, organization, vocabulary, language use, and mechanics. First, in the content aspect, the gain score is 4.37. Second, the gain score for the organization aspect is 3.34. Third, in the vocabulary aspect, the gain score is 3.42. Fourth, the gain score for the language use aspect is 5.15. The last, the gain score for the mechanics aspect is 0.78. In addition, the result of the t-test shows that the t-value is -11.939 and the significance level of the difference between means is 0.000 which is lower than 0.05. It indicates that the difference between the means is significant. Therefore, the hypothesis of “Diary writing can improve the writing skills of the tenth grade students of SMA N 1 Ngemplak” is accepted.