THE USE OF DIARY TO IMPROVE THE WRITING ABILITY OF THE ENGLISH SECOND GRADERS AT HAMZANWADI UNIVERSITY

Abstract

This research aimed at finding out whether “the use of diary is effective in improving the writing ability of the English students of Hamzanwadi University. The problems formulated in this research were (1) Is the use of diary effective in teaching writing for the English students of Hamzanwadi University? (2) How effective is the use of diary in teaching writing for the English students of Hamzanwadi University? The research design of this study was one group pre-test and post-test. The population of this research was the second semester students of Hamzanwadi University which consisted of 105 students in 4 classes. The present researcher took class D as the sample that consisted of 20 students. To collect the data, a pre-test and a post-test were given to the students. The result of the data analysis indicated that the mean score of the pre-test was 34.86 while in the post-test was 48.00. In testing hypothesis, the result of t-test was -9.706. It meant that the null hypothesis was rejected and the alternative hypothesis was accepted. So, it can be said that the use of diary was significantly effective in teaching writing. Key Words: diary, writing ability