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scores of the diary per week. Score of first diary + Score of second diary =
2
The researcher also gave some feedback in the form of some exercises in the meeting on Tuesday. The analysis depended on the exercises, as the example,
in one exercise, the students had to answer ten questions about past tense. Then, it would be analyzed in descriptive form whether they could answer the questions or
not.
F. Research Procedures
Before conducting the research, the researcher observed the class for one meeting to find the problem faced by the students of VIII D in SMPN 1 Wungu.
She distributed some questionnaires, interviewed the students and the teacher to get the validity of the students‟ problem. After finding and convincing the
problems faced by the students, the researcher began to plan the action. During the implementation, the students had to submit the diary twice a
week with the topic of each week diary. There would be one topic for a week. After each submission day, the teacher gave the diaries back to the students
followed by the teachers‟ feedback. Even though, the researcher also gave the
feedback orally in front of the class and in the form of some exercises.
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This is the scheme of weekly diary submission during this research:
Table 3.5 The Scheme of Weekly Diary Submission
W ee
k Days
Monday Tuesday
Wednesday Thursday
Friday Saturday
I Introduction
of recount text
giving a new topic
1st Submission
Returning diaries
II Feedback for
1st diaries 2nd
Submission Returning
diaries + feedback
giving a new topic
1st Submission
Returning diaries
III Feedback for
1st diaries 2nd
Submission Returning
diaries + feedback
giving a new topic
1st Submission
Returning diaries
IV Feedback for
1st diaries 2nd
Submission Returning
diaries + feedback
The researcher conducted this research through the genre-based approach. As a result, the researcher had to conduct some stages of the genre-based
approach. They were building the context, modeling of the text, joint construction, and independent construction.
After conducting the action, the researcher collected and analyzed the data taken from the action stage. Then, she made reflection of all things which
happened during the cycle. She would use the things which went well and would not use the things which did not go well. Finally, she would decide whether she
had to continue to the next cycle or not.
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In the first cycle, the researcher analyzed the result which was not good enough. Then, she decided to conduct the second cycle. In the second cycle, the
students‟ writing abilities also had not improved well. Then, she decided to conduct the third cycle. In this cycle, the students‟ writing abilities including in
their grammar, content, organization, mechanics, and vocabulary improved well. The researcher decided to not conduct the fourth cycle.
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CHAPTER IV RESEARCH RESULTS AND DISCUSSION
In this chapter, the researcher will explain the results and the process of this research. The results reveal the findings of this research. The process will tell
all of the steps during the research. This research was aimed at solving
the students‟ problems in writing a recount text. Weekly diary assignment followed by the
teacher‟s feedback was implemented to improve students‟ writing abilities. The researcher got the data
from class observations, analyzing the results of questionnaires, and interviewing some
students and the teacher. The main data was the students‟ writings in their weekly diaries.
The process explains the cycles during the research. Before doing the cycles, the researcher conducted a preliminary study to know and identify the
students‟ problem deeply. There were three cycles conducted by the researcher. In each cycle, the researcher conducted planning, action, collecting and analyzing
data, and reflecting the cycle.
A. The Results of the Implementation of Weekly Diary Assignment followed
by Teacher’s Feedback
The researcher implemented the weekly diary assignment followed by the teacher‟s feedback to overcome problems faced by the students of VIII D in
