%0 Generic
%A Shintia Nur , Salsabilla	
%C UNIVERSITAS LAMPUNG
%D 2024
%F eprints:82211
%I FAKULTAS KEGURUAN DAN ILMU PENDIDIKAN
%T THE USE OF BLOG TO IMPROVE STUDENTS’ WRITING    ABILITY IN EXPLANATION TEXT
%U http://digilib.unila.ac.id/82211/
%X The research aimed to find out whether there was a significant improvement in  students’ writing abilities after using a blog as media in teaching writing of  explanation text, and also to find out which aspect of writing improved the most  after using a blog as media. The sample of this research was twenty-seven students  of the XI.11 class at SMAN 7 Bandar Lampung. This research used quantitative  research with one group pre-test and post-test design and the data was analyzed by  using a paired sample t-test. The result showed a significant improvement in  students’ writing between the pre-test and the post-test after the students were    taught by using a blog in writing explanation text. The average score of the post-  test (78.57) was higher than the pre-test (67.81). By using a t-test, it was found that    the t-value (61.935) was higher than the t-table (1.7056). From the research, it was  also found that the mechanics aspect was the aspect that improved the most with a  gain of 1.0 or 20% over content, organization, vocabulary, and language use.  Therefore, it can be concluded that the blog effectively improved students’ writing  ability in explanation text.  Keywords: Blog, Explanation Text, Teaching Writing, Writing Ability, Paired  Sample T-test