STIMULATING STUDENTS’ AUTONOMY IN WRITING THROUGH WEEKLY REPORTS

Andi Mangnguntungi Sudirman, Abdullah Syukur

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The objectives of this research are to find out whether the use of weekly reports could stimulate students’ autonomy in writing or not, and to find out whether or not the use of weekly reports can improve students’ ability in writing. This research used pre-experimental method. The population of this research was the third semester English students of Cokroaminoto Palopo University in 2016/2017 academic year. The population consisted of 230 students in six classes. Each class consists of around 30 students. The sample was taken by using purposive sampling technique. So, the sample of this research was 30 students. The data of students’ autonomy was obtain by questionnaire and writing test used to see the students’ writing ability. The data was analyzed by applying inferential statistics with t-test. The result of data analysis showed the mean score of the result of questionnaire was 75.7 which classified as good. The mean score of pretest was 56.47 classified as fair while the mean score in posttest was 77.53 classified as good. The t-test value was 13.44 while the t-table was 2.045 at level significance 0.05 with degree of freedom was 29. It means that the t-test was greater than t-table that was 13.44 > 2.045. Therefore the null hypothesis (Ho) was rejected, while the alternative hypothesis (Hi) was accepted. It could be concluded that the use of weekly reports could stimulate students’ autonomy in writing and also improve students’ writing ability.
Key Word: Weekly Reports, Students’ Autonomy and Writing

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