The Advantages of Diary

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2.2 Theoretical Framework

In the previous section, the writer has stated that writing is the most neglected skill among the other three language skills: reading, listening, and speaking. Many people consider that writing is the most difficult skill among the other three language skills. Writing is considered to be the most difficult skill because the writer has to consider many things when heshe produces hisher writing, such as the grammar, the vocabularies, the organization of the writing and how heshe sends the message correctly to the reader. The writer has to make sure that hisher writing is accurate and can give the correct message to the reader. Even though there are many understanding come out in the reader’s mind when the reader read the writing. However, writing is still an important skill to be taught and to be learned in the second language learning, even though the students often consider it as the boring activity. Writing itself is a process which needs a long time for the learners to be good at writing. Since it is a physical activity which needs a lot of practice, the students have to be encouraged to have more practice in writing. Considering those reasons, the writer chooses diary as the media to be used in the writing teaching learning process. In the diary, the students can write everything they feel during the learning process. By using diary, it is hoped that the students can be more interested in joining writing class. It is also hoped that the students can improve their writing skill through writing diary. The effectiveness of this media is measured by comparing the result of the students’ 26 achievement between the experimental group and the control group in the final test. The researcher compares the students’ writing in every meeting. She observes whether the writing is improved or not during the treatment. The researcher also tries to find grammar mistakes and the vocabularies used by the students in their writing. If the writing is becoming better and better, it means that the use of diary in teaching writing is effective.