The Effect of Using Dialogue Journal Toward Students’ Writing Descriptive Text at Tenth Grade of Man Koto Baru Padang Panjang Academic Year 2017/2018
ABSTRACT Rina Ridaos 2314.106. The Effect of Using Dialogue Journal Toward Students’ Writing Descriptive Text at Tenth Grade of Man Koto Baru Padang Panjang Academic Year 2017/2018. This research was due to discover the effect of using dialogue journal on students’ writing skill. It has been done at MAN Koto baru Padang Panjang in writing ability because most of the students of MAN Koto Baru Panjang still encounter problems in writing. Most of the students were not able to write because they could not develop their idea to made their writing coherence. This research used experimental research. The researcher used a quasi-experimental design by using the pretest-posttest control group design. The population of this research was the tenth grade of MAN Koto Baru Padang Panjang. The sample was XIPA 1 which was treated as experimental class and taught by using dialogue journal and XIPA 2 was treated as control class and taught by using conventional technique. To determine the sample, the researcher used purposive sampling technique. The data was got through pretest and posttest to experimental and control classes. To analyze the data, the researcher used the normality by using Lilliefors test and the homogeneity test by using F test and to test the hypothesis, the researcher used t-test formula and consulted the result into t-table with level of the significance = 0.025 for the first and second hypothesis and ( ) = 0.05 for the third hypothesis. From the result of the pre-test and post-test scores of the experimental class, it was found that the t-obtained (82.46) was higher than the t-table (1.960) with the degree of freedom (df) = 28+40-2 = 66 and level of significance (∝)= 0.05/2= 0.025. So that, the alternative hypothesis (Ha) was accepted which means that there was significant effect of dialogue journal on students’ speaking skill. Then, the calculation of post-test both classes: experimental and control classes was obtained the t-obtained (5.15) which was higher than the t-table (1.960) with the degree of freedom (df) = 40+40-2 = 78 and level of significance (∝)= 0.05/2= 0.025. So that, the alternative hypothesis (Ha) was accepted which means that there is significant difference between using dialogue journal and using conventional technique. Then, the t-obtained in post-test both classes was obtained t-obtained (26.86) which was higher than t-table (1.645) with degree of freedom (df) = 40+40-2 = 78 and level of significance ( ) = 0.05. So that, the alternative hypothesis (Ha) was accepted which means that the students who are taught by using dialogue journal is better than the students who are taught by using conventional technique. So, it can be concluded that the entire hypothesis is accepted. It is proved that using dialogue journal on students’ speaking skill can help the students in their writing skill. Keywords : Writing Skill, Descriptive Text, Dialogue Journal