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Effects of English journal writing on the general writing ability in elementary school

This study investigated the effects of English journal writing on the general English writing ability in elementary school. Thirty three participants were divided into the control group and the experimental group with the latter having written English journal for 5 months. The analyses of the pre-tests and post-tests, which consisted of indirect writing assessment and free writing, showed that there was a statistically significant increase in the writing ability for the experimental group. More specifically, there was a statistically significant increase in writing fluency measured by the number of words in the free writing, Also, the content of the free writing became more rich and detailed in the post-test. In addition, there was a slight increase in the length of sentence. and a considerable decrease in the spelling error. In terms of the verb -be, the students' tendency to omit the verb in the pre-free writing test became weak as they began to add the verb correctly in the post-test. Lastly, the percentage of the use of period at the end of a sentence increased to a great degree. It is suggested that teachers should make use of journal writing in order to foster students' writing ability. For primary school students. it was found to be helpful to provide directions on what and how to write and encouragements to write without any fear of making mistakes.