The Development of English Writing Skill of Grade 12 Students Using Journal Writing

Abstract

This Research aims to compare student’s writing skill before and after using journal writing activity as a treatment. The sample is the class of grade 12 students from class 6/5 that was studying during the 2nd semester of Academic 2565 in Demonstration School of Suan Sunandha Rajabhat University. The sample was selected using sample sampling. The research was conducted using the classroom as a research site, total of 4 sessions of 2 hours treatment was given 1 for each week consecutively for 4 weeks. The research instrument includes 1. Lesson plan containing the journal writing activity 2. English writing skills achievement test. After the research, the result shows that the journal writing activity have helped the samples improve their English writing skill and accuracy. The sample also achieves higher English writing score when after the treatment.