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analyze the diaries from the first day of the conducted diary until the fifth day of writing diary. After the students wrote their diaries, they were supposed to submit
their diaries. The researcher also gained data from the control group by asking them to write compositions using the similar questions given to the experimental
group. In every meeting, the researcher acknowledged the grammar mistakes and
vocabulary used by the students in the diaries. The grammar mistakes and vocabulary used in the diaries were compared from the first meeting to the last
meeting. Afterwards those comparisons were reported. The researcher reported every improvement which was gained in every
meeting. Through the report the researcher could follow the progress of the students. From the report, the researcher could also adjust whether the students’
writing has improved or not.
3.6 Research Procedure
In order to conduct the research, the researcher had done some procedures to follow. The procedures are as follows:
1. Asking the students to start writing the diary after the class In this step, the researcher conducted sixteen meeting starting from 17 July – 6
August 2007. In every meeting the researcher asked the students to write a composition based on the guided question which was given in every meeting.
The compositions were about the students’ selves and their activities.
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2. Collecting the students’ diary After the students wrote a composition in every meeting, they had to submit
their diary. Then the researcher corrected and graded them. In correcting and giving grades to the students’ compositions. The researcher recognized the
grammar mistakes and the vocabularies used in the compositions. 3. Report the mistakes in the diaries
After the researcher corrected the compositions, then she took some notes about the grammar mistakes and the vocabularies used in the compositions.
They were reported in the researcher’s daily report. It was done to make the researcher easier in making the research report later.
4. Analyzing the diary The diaries were analyzed through the grammar mistakes and the vocabularies
reported in the researcher daily report. The researcher compared the first composition to the last composition. She also analyzed whether the students’
writing improved or not during the use of diary. 5. Writing the research report
The last step done by the researcher was writing the research report. The report was about every activity done related to the research and the analysis of
the diary. The research report was discussed in the fourth chapter of this thesis. The discussion was started from the process of the research, the result
of the research, and the analysis of the diary.
