IMPROVING THE VIII F STUDENTS' PERSONAL RECOUNT TEXT WRITING ACHIEVEMENT BY USING PERSONAL DIARY AT SMP NEGERI 2 GRATI PASURUAN

Abstract

This research was intended to improve the VIII F students’ personal recount text writing achievement by using a personal diary at SMP Negeri 2 Grati Pasuruan in the 2013/2014 academic year. Personal diary as teaching technique was used to overcome the students’ problem in writing a personal recount text. The research design in this research was a classroom action research. The research subjects were taken by using purposive method. There were 37 students of class VIII F at SMP Negeri 2 Grati Pasuruan. The data collection methods were writing test, observation, interview, and documentation. Writing test was conducted to collect the data about students’ achievement in writing a personal diary. The writing test was scored by using analytical scoring method. There were five aspects evaluated in the students’ writing namely content, grammar, vocabulary, mechanics and organization. The data of students’ participation were taken by using observation checklist in the class in each cycle. The result showed that there was an improvement on the percentage of the students who got score at least 75. it improvement from 27.02% in cycle 1 to 70.27% in cycle 2. there was also improvement on the percentage on the students who were actively participated in the writing teaching learning process by using a personal diary. It improved from 51.35% in cycle 1 to 90.53% in cycle 2. it means that the use of personal diary in the writing teaching learning process could improve the VIII F students' active participation and their writing achievement. It is suggested to the English teacher to use personal diaries as teaching technique in teaching writing.