Research in English and Education Journal
Vol 2, No 3: August 2017

The Use of Weblog in Improving Students’ Writing Skill

Muhammad Fahreza (Syiah Kuala University)
Zulfadli A. Aziz (Syiah Kuala University)
Nurul Inayah (Syiah Kuala University)



Article Info

Publish Date
01 Aug 2017

Abstract

This research is aimed at finding out whether the use of weblog improves students’ writing skill at SMPN 9 Banda Aceh or not. The sample of this research was the second grade students in the class of VII-1. The researcher used pre-experimental research with one group pre-test post-test design in analyzing the significant improvement. The data were gained quantitatively by administering pre-test and post-test. In analyzing the data, the researcher used statistical formula mean score and t-test. The finding shows that the mean score in the post-test was higher than in pretest. It shows that the mean score of posttest is higher (75) than the pretest score (57), so the different scores of the tests is 18. Moreover, the analysis of t-test showed that tscore ttable or 8.714 2.074 at the level of significance 0.05 with the degree of freedom (df) 22. The higher aspects were content and vocabulary (16 Point). Based on these results, it can be concluded that Ha is accepted and Ho is rejected. It suggests that the use of weblog can improve students’ writing skills in all aspects. Therefore, the Weblog is recommended as a good media in teaching writing.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

READ

Publisher

Subject

Humanities Education Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media

Description

READ (Research in English and Education) Journal (e-ISSN 2528-746X) is a peer-reviewed and open access academic journal published by the Department of English Education, Faculty of Teacher Training and Education, Universitas Syiah Kuala, Banda Aceh, Indonesia. It highlights and publishes works in ...