students to give any comments and suggestions toward the implementation of dialogue journals.
1. Students’ Suggestions on the Implementation of Dialogue Journals based
on the Questionnaire
In open-ended questions, there were four questions that asked about students’ suggestions about the implementation of dialogue journals. The first
question was asking about the physical feature of dialogue journals. Based on the data which were obtained, most of students thought that the physical feature of
dialogue journals was interesting with their colourful paper. Nevertheless, some students gave suggestions that dialogue journals should be bound tightly so they
would not easily detach. Further, there were thirteen students who argued that the cover of dialogue journals was not interesting yet. They suggested that there
should be more colourful picture of the cover of dialogue journals to make them more interesting. Moreover, there were some students that suggested that it would
be better if the students made their own dialogue journals and they thought it would show their creativity
The second question was about the process of implementation of dialogue journals. The students’ answers varied in this question. However, most students
stated that the process of the implementation of dialogue journals was well- presented for it was conducted after the learning process. However, there were
five students who suggested that dialogue journals should be written outside of the learning time. Some students suggested that the time in writing dialogue journals
should be added since they experienced that they wanted to write a lot but the time was limited. Furthermore, some students suggested that dialogue journals should
be implemented every day or in every subject because they felt that they found difficulty not only in English but also in other subjects. These students’
suggestions showed that they enjoyed writing dialogue journals for they obtain positive implication from it. Therefore, they suggested adding the time in writing
dialogue journals even they suggested that dialogue journals should be implemented in every subject.
The third question was asking about the content of dialogue journals. Most students stated that the content of dialogue journals had covered all aspects since
students were also allowed to write any kinds of topic that they wanted to share either academic problem or non-academic problem. There were only two students
who stated that the contents of dialogue journals were not maximal yet. They thought that the teacher should add the guiding questions in the dialogue journals
The fourth question was asking about students’ suggestions on other aspects that should be added in dialogue journals. Many students argued that
dialogue journals that they experienced had covered all aspects. Some students suggested adding the questions such as students’ dreams. Others suggested that
dialogue journals should provide sheet to draw their feeling that the teacher would know better their feeling through the drawing. Some students also suggested that
the teacher should add proverb to give motivation to the students. PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI
2. Students’ Suggestions on the Implementation of Dialogue Journals based
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