A PICTURE OF THE ABILITY TO WRITE A JOURNAL DAILY BY STUDENTS OF ENGLISH DEPARTMENT

ABSTRACTProducing a good writing needs methods and strategies that can help authors to develop their ideas and then train them continuously to produce good writing and systematic compilation according to rules applied. The purpose of this research is to know the development of writing skill in the students of English Department after using daily journal method. This research was conducted by using Journal Writing method written by 25 participants. All participants are the students of the English Department Faculty of Letters of Pamulang University who are studying in the third semester writing class. The instruments used for this study are the paragraphs written by the participants every day for 4 months. All writings are identified and checked to know the progress of their writing for a semester. This research is intended to explain how the students are able to write according to the target language, and can write paragraphs with various topics. This issuet is useful for lecturers as it provides information about common problems in writing that can be useful guides in effective writing materials for students. Keywords: writing, paragraphs, methods, strategies, and daily journals