USING DIARY APPLICATION TO INCREASE STUDENTS’ WRITING SKILLS IN RECOUNT TEXT IN THE SECOND YEAR OF SMAN 2 PALOPO

ABSTRACT Idarmawati, 2022. “Using Diary Application to Increase Students‟ Writing Skill in Recount Text at the Second Year of SMAN 2 Palopo”. Thesis English Research Program Educational Department in the State Islamic Institute of Palopo. Supervised by Rustan Santaria and Andi Tenrisanna Syam. This research aims to increase students‟ writing skills by using a diary application for learning English at SMAN 2 Palopo. This thesis used a pre-experimental research design. The population in this research was students of class XI IPA 5 SMAN 2 Palopo. The sample was taken by purposive sampling. The number sample was 25 students. Writing tests and questionnaires are the instrument of this research. The researcher gave the initial test and final tests to students. The researcher used SPSS to analyze the data. The researcher determined the assessment‟s classification including content, organization, vocabulary, grammar, and mechanics. In this finding, the useof diary application for students of class XI IPA 5 SMAN 2 Palopo is very visible to increase their writing skills. The results of this report show the mean score of the student's initial test and final tests. In the initial test, the mean score of the students was 77.92 and, in the final test, the mean score of the students was 87.72. The students also responded positively to using the diary application in teaching recount text. The researcher hopes that the teacher considered using the diary application as a learning tool. Keywords: Diary application, writing skill, recount text, pre-experimental design