EMPLOYING DIARY WRITING TO DEVELOP STUDENTS’ WRITING SKILLS AND THEIR PERCEPTION OF THE TECHNIQUE
Abstract
Writing still becomes the hardest among other skills. Several problems in writing a recount text include developing ideas, limited vocabulary and tenses specifically verb changes. The objectives of the research are to improve students’ skills in writing recount text through diary writing technique and explore students’ perception about the application of the technique. Employing Classroom Action Research, the research was conducted at the class eighth B of MTs SA Biroyatul Huda Cilongok of academic year 2022/2023. The class consists of 27 students. There were two cycles conducted in this research. Instruments used for data collection are writing test, observation and questionnaire. The written test was aimed to assess the students’ ability in writing recount text before and after given diary writing as a help to assist students producing recount text. Observation was aimed to see students’ and teacher’s behaviour during the instructional process. The questionnaire was administered to explore the students’ perception on the use of diary writing to write recount text. The outcome indicates the average score of the test improve more than 30%, from 27.5 in pre-test to 60.67 in post-test. The students’ perception is likely tended to show positive response with 34.04% agreement and 28.12% disagreement. Based on the result, it can be concluded that diary writing is one of the techniques that can help improving students’ skills in writing recount text.
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