JURNAL BAHASA INGGRIS THE EFFECT OF JOURNAL WRITING TECHNIQUE AND STUDENTS’ ACHIEVEMENT MOTIVATION TOWARD WRITING ACHIEVEMENT OF THE FOURTH SEMESTER STUDENTS OF ENGLISH EDUCATION DEPARTMENT OF UNDIKSHA

Penulis : Gustiana Mettaningrum1, Dantes2, Suarnajaya3

Keywords: Journal writing technique, achievement motivation, writing achievement

Jurnal Penelitian | JURNAL BAHASA INGGRIS THE EFFECT OF JOURNAL WRITING TECHNIQUE AND STUDENTS’ ACHIEVEMENT MOTIVATION TOWARD WRITING ACHIEVEMENT OF THE FOURTH SEMESTER STUDENTS OF ENGLISH EDUCATION DEPARTMENT OF UNDIKSHA | In Indonesia, English is learnt as a foreign language (EFL) where it exists in the curriculum of schools from Elementary to Senior High. The teaching of English aims at the mastery of four skills namely: listening, speaking, reading and writing. These four skills cannot be separated from one to another because they are in a unity. 

Writing is one of those four language skills, which is used as one medium to communicate with others, in academic field, as well as in daily life. Langan (2001) stated that writing is a process of discovery that involves a series of steps of practices. Therefore, the assumption that writing is a ‘natural gift’ should not be considered, since writing is a skill that can be trained. Langan (2001) says that there are two reasons why writing skill is very important. The reasons are that, first, writing ability is a basic need for English learners to support their academic success. English learners are often asked to do written assignment and their English competence can also be seen from their writing performance. Second, English writing skill is a practical need to support their future carrier.

Considering the above reasons, English college students or graduates should obviously have the ability to write in English well. However, some college students admitted that they found difficulties in English writing skill. They feel it difficult to find idea and they cannot develop their idea into a good coherent paragraph and the problem in grammar also worsens their writing product. Langan (2001 as cited in Lokita, 2005) states that most of the problems in writing range from the cognitive problems, (e.g. the vocabulary knowledge, the language structure and ideas organization) topsychological problem, i.e. the wrong conception about writing as a ‘natural gift’ skill instead of a learned skill.

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JURNAL BAHASA INGGRIS THE EFFECT OF JOURNAL WRITING TECHNIQUE AND STUDENTS’ ACHIEVEMENT MOTIVATION TOWARD WRITING ACHIEVEMENT OF THE FOURTH SEMESTER STUDENTS OF ENGLISH EDUCATION DEPARTMENT OF UNDIKSHA