Teaching Writing Recount text through photo diary to the eighth grade students

Abstract: The main problem was the effectiveness to teach writing recount text through photo diary and the
differences in achievement between students who were taught through photo diary and those who were not.
Therefore, the objective of this study to find out whether it was effective or not to teach writing recount text
through photo diary and to know the differences in achievement between the students who were taught by
using photo diary and those who were not. The experimental method was used in this study. The population
of this study was the eighth grade students of Junior high school number 5 with 74 students as the sample
total numbers, which were divided into two groups, 37 students from experimental group and 37 students
from control group. The data were collected through essay tests, pretest and posttest. The results showed that
it was effective to teach writing recount text through photo diary, there were some differences in achievement
between students who were taught through photo diary and without photo diary. It also indicated that photo
diary could improve the students writing skills recount text.
Keywords: Teaching, Writing, Recount Text, Photo Diary