TY  - GEN
CY  - UNIVERSITAS LAMPUNG
ID  - eprints82211
UR  - http://digilib.unila.ac.id/82211/
A1  - Shintia Nur , Salsabilla	
Y1  - 2024/04/02/
N2  - 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
PB  - FAKULTAS KEGURUAN DAN ILMU PENDIDIKAN
TI  - THE USE OF BLOG TO IMPROVE STUDENTS? WRITING

ABILITY IN EXPLANATION TEXT
AV  - restricted
ER  -