creators_name: Shintia Nur , Salsabilla	
creators_id: 2013042013
type: other
datestamp: 2025-02-05 08:08:54
lastmod: 2025-02-05 08:08:54
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title: THE USE OF BLOG TO IMPROVE STUDENTS’ WRITING

ABILITY IN EXPLANATION TEXT
ispublished: pub
subjects: 370
subjects: 420
full_text_status: restricted
abstract: 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
date: 2024-04-02
date_type: published
publisher: FAKULTAS KEGURUAN DAN ILMU PENDIDIKAN
place_of_pub: UNIVERSITAS LAMPUNG
citation:   Shintia Nur , Salsabilla   (2024) THE USE OF BLOG TO IMPROVE STUDENTS’ WRITING ABILITY IN EXPLANATION TEXT.  FAKULTAS KEGURUAN DAN ILMU PENDIDIKAN, UNIVERSITAS LAMPUNG.     
document_url: http://digilib.unila.ac.id/82211/1/1.%20ABSTRAK%20-%20Shintia%20Nur%20Salsabilla.pdf
document_url: http://digilib.unila.ac.id/82211/2/2.%20SKRIPSI%20FULL%20-%20Shintia%20Nur%20Salsabilla.pdf
document_url: http://digilib.unila.ac.id/82211/3/3.%20SKRIPSI%20TANPA%20BAB%20PEMBAHASAN%20-%20Shintia%20Nur%20Salsabilla.pdf