The Effect of "Dialogue Journal" on Students' Writing Skill Viewed from Students’ Interest (An Experimental Study at the Eleventh Grade Students of SMA MTA Surakarta in the Academic Year 2016/ 2017)

The main objectives of this study are: (1) to find out whether there is or not difference influence on Dialogue Journal and Direct Instruction toward teaching writing; (2) to find out whether there is or not difference influence of of high students’ interest and low students’ interest; and (3) to find out whether there is or not difference influence of the interaction between learning method and students’ interest in teaching writing. This study is experimental study. The population of the research is 155 students of eleventh grade students of SMA MTA Surakarta in the academic year 2016/2017. The total sample were 64 students taken from two classes, XI IIS 4 and XI IIS 5. The experimental group was treated by using Dialogue Journal, while the control group was treated by using Direct Instruction. The instrument of this research is questionnaire of interest and writing test. The data were analyzed by using ANOVA or multifactor analysis and Tukey test. The research findings show that: (1) There is significant difference influence of Dialogue Journal and Direct Instruction toward students’ writing skill.; (2) There is difference influence of students who have high interest have better writing than those who have low interest; and (3) there is difference influence of the interaction between teaching method and students’ interest in teaching writing. Reffering to the finding above, it can be concluded that Dialogue Journal is an effective method for teaching writing to the eleventh grade students of SMA MTA Surakarta in the academic year 2016/2017. Keywords: Dialogue Journal, Interest, Writin