ENHANCING STUDENTS’ WRITING SKILL VIA JOURNAL WRITING

Elissa Evawani Tambunan; Olivia Natasya; Khairunnisha

Elissa Evawani Tambunan Universitas Graha Nusantara Padangsidimpuan
Olivia Natasya Universitas Graha Nusantara Padangsidimpuan
Khairunnisha Universitas Graha Nusantara Padangsidimpuan

Keywords: Keywords: Journal Writing, Writing Skills, Daily Journal Variations

Abstract

This study aims to enhance students’ writing skills through Daily Journal writing. This research was divided into three steeps: giving pre-test, giving treatment (writing daily journal), and giving post-test. The result showed significant difference between control and experimental group. Experimental participants was improved through the writing of daily journal, and the score gained by participants showed that there was a significant effect on students’ writing skills. The achievements showed that theme an difference of post-test scores between the two groups was -.45433 and for the standard error mean was .03840 with p Value .050 (see Table 3), means that H_a is accepted and H_o is not accepted. It means, writing daily journal is strong enough to improve the students’ writing skills.