English department students' perceptions toward journal writing assignments in writing B

In this era, writing is one of the most important skills that English learners need to master. Many people especially students, find it difficult to upgrade their writing skills. The lecturers of the English Department in Widya Mandala Catholic University Surabaya use Journal Writing assignments to help the students improve their writing skills. Based on the mentioned case, the writer conducts this study. This study is conducted to answer a question about whether the implementation of Journal Writing assignments really can upgrade the students’ writing skills or not. The writer wants to find out the students’ perception of the advantages and disadvantages and their suggestion toward the Journal Writing assignments in the Writing B course. The study is categorized as a nonexperimental and qualitative study. The instrument used in this study was a questionnaire. The subjects of the study were forty-eight English Department students of the Widya Mandala Catholic University of Surabaya in the academic year of 2019/2020. The result of this study shows that most of the English Department students agree that the implementation of Journal Writing assignments in the Writing B course is already good. The students admit that by making reflective journals, their writing skills become improved; they are able to maintain their own progress; their relationship with their lecturers becomes closer since the lecturer can understand the students’ difficulties in the learning process. The writer hopes that the future writer could conduct the study deeper than the writer’s study