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various in the students’ writings of the experimental group. Even though the students used simple vocabulary, they could organize the words better than the
students in the control group. The students could put the words they want to use better than the control group.
Based on the students’ writings in the control group, it seemed that the students did not want to use more various vocabularies. The students only used
the words they ever heard or taught before; while the students in the experimental group used more vocabularies. They wanted to use the words they did not obtain
in the teaching-learning activities. It seemed that the students in the experimental group were more motivated.
4.2.3 Content or Message
Even though there were many mistakes made in the writings, for both groups, the content of the writings were different. The students in the
experimental group could deliver the message of their writing better than the students in the control group.
The students’ writing in the experimental group still can be understood by the reader, even though the grammar and the vocabularies were limited; while the
students’ writings in the control group were not able to be understood. It was because the students in the control group put the words and use the grammar
badly.
4.2.4 Punctuation
The punctuation used in the writing was generally wrong. Most of the students did not use correct punctuations in their writings. It happened to both
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groups. The members of both groups always forgot to put a period at the end of every sentence. For plural phrases or plural sentence which was combined with
conjunction such as ‘and’, the students did not put a comma. The students just wrote without considering the punctuation.
Some of the students also forgot to use capital letter to begin a new sentence. They just wrote what they had to write directly. Sometimes, the students
wrote the sentences by listing their answers, but actually the case was that the students had to answer the guidance questions in a form of short paragraph as
what the researcher asked them. However, the students were getting better. They started to use correct
punctuations in writing. The students used a period to end the sentences. The students also used capital letter at the beginning of the sentence.
4.2.5 The students’ perception towards the use of diary in learning writing
After conducting the research i.e. using diary in the teaching and learning writing, the researcher wanted to find out about the students’ impression of it. The
researcher wanted to find out what was the students’ perception of using diary in the teaching-learning, especially for developing students’ writing ability. In
gathering the students’ answer to this question, the researcher did an interview to all students in class IV. The researcher did not interview the students one by one
because of the limited time. From the interview done to the students in the experimental group, the
researcher gained positive answer. The data showed that the students were happy because they acquired different media and technique in learning English. It was
