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ABSTRAK
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Bahasa, Penyusunan, dan Mekanik. Karena, konten dan kosakata memiliki
peningkatan yang lebih baik dibandingkan yang lainnya.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
Praise to be Allah SWT who has given the opportunity, health, knowledge,
and strength to finish the thesis entitled “Using Diary Writing to Improve
Students’ Language Use and Vocabulary in Recount Text at Class Eight of State
Junior High School 1 Sintuk Toboh Gadang”. Peace is upon for Prophet
Muhammad SAW, the messenger; May Allah blesses him and gives him peace.
I would like to express my sincere gratitude to Besral, S. Pd., M. Pd. as my
first advisor, my academic advisor, last the headmaster of the English Program
Study of Tadris Department of Tarbiyah Faculty, and Dr. Arwemi, M.Pd. as my
second advisor who has given me a great deal of continuous guidance, valuable
advices, time and help in completing this thesis. Then, I would like to express my
gratitude to all of lecturers who have taught me from the beginning of study at the
English Program Study of Tadris Department of Tarbiyah Faculty.
In addition, the special thanks are also aimed to all of eighth grade
students at State Junior High School 1 Sintuk Toboh Gadang, Misnawaty, Sy as
the English teacher, Deswiyanti M.Pd. as the headmaster of State Junior High
School 1 Sintuk Toboh Gadang for giving the participation, permission and
opportunity during this research.
Then, the researcher would like to dedicate my love to my father (Agam
Siregar) and my mother (Mesra Linda Mendrofa) for all you gave to me, i love
them more than what can i say, my brothers and sister; Syawalluddin Siregar,
Widia Wati Siregar and Amar Rasyidin Siregar. Moreover, I express special
thanks to all of friends both in and out of English Tadris Program Study, who had
given me supports and motivation during the study.
The researcher realized that this thesis may be having several weaknesses.
Therefore, any comment and suggestion, and criticism are expected to come up, in
order to make a great one.
Padang, June 2017
The Researcher
MANJA M. SIREGAR
NIM: 1314050235
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
APPROVAL PAGE
PENGESAHAN TIM PENGUJI
ABSTRACT ..................................................................................i
ABSTRAK ....................................................................................ii
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT ................................................................iii
TABLE OF CONTENTS .................................................................iv
LIST OF TABLE ...........................................................................vii
LIST OF APPENDICES ................................................................viii
CHAPTER I: INTRODUCTION
A. Background of Problem ...............................1
B. Identification of Problem..............................6
C. Limitation of Problem...................................7
D. Formulation of Problem................................7
E. Purposes of the Research ............................8
F. Significance of the Research ........................8
G. Definition of Key Terms ...............................9
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b. Components of Writing.............................25
c. The Process of Writing..............................27
d. Writing Assesment ...................................29
4. Recount Text
a. Definition of Recount Text.........................29
b. Purpose of Recount Text Text....................30
c. Language Feature.....................................30
d. Generic Structure of Recount Text............31
B. Relevant Study............................................32
C. Conceptual Framework................................35
D. Hypothesis..................................................36
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2. Data Analysis of Students Writing Score
a. The effects of Diary Writing .......................65
B. Hypothesis Testing......................................68
C. Discussion...................................................74
BIBLIOGRAPHY .......................................................................... 79
APPENDICES ........................................................... 84
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LIST OF TABLES
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Table 23 : Test of Homogeneity of Variances.....................73
LIST OF APPENDICES
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Appendix 19 : Students' Writing..........................................
Appendix 20 : Photographs.................................................
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