The similarities and differences between two journals

Hello everybody, I’m glad to see you again. Now I would like to give you some information about the differences between my previous review journal and the new review journal. Actually, I have so many tasks that should be finished in this week, but I still want to share to you some little information about that journal. I hope the information will be useful for you guys. So enjoy it……😁

The journal that I want to review are USERS’ PERCEPTION ON THE USE OF FACEBOOK AS A MEDIUM OF LEARNING ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE WITH SPECIFIC REFERENCE TO WRITING SKILLS and THE IMPROVEMENT OF STUDENTS’ WRITING SKILL ACHIEVEMENT THROUGH ERROR ANALYSIS METHOD.

The similarities between them is they are both explained how the way to improve students’ writing skills. They also have similarities opinion that said learning language in the classroom is not enough to improve students’ writing skills. Both of them thought that learning in the classroom are monotonous and are making bored for students. Both of them thought to find another method or way to make students’ writing skills improving because students’ writing skills is very important for students.

The differences between the two journals are the method that used to identify the problem in improving students’ writing skills. The previous journal explained that using a Facebook can help students’ improving their writing skills because so many students in this era use social media. Facebook is one of the social media that often used by students to express their feelings, opinions, or other things. So the previous journal said that using Facebook can help students to improve their writing skills but still with control by their teacher. Meanwhile, the new journal said that error analysis method can help students improving their writing skills. By implementing the EAM systematically and consistently, it can help the students to improve their writing achievement significantly. In addition, the lecturers also should allocate enough time during the process of teaching and learning because the EAM provides relatively long and complex steps and procedure to implement.

Now, I would like to review the new journal that I’ve found in www.eajournal.org . As I have mentioned before the new journal entitled THE IMPROVEMENT OF STUDENTS’ WRITING SKILL ACHIEVEMENT THROUGH ERROR ANALYSIS METHOD.

Parts of journal are:

1. Title: THE IMPROVEMENT OF STUDENTS’ WRITING SKILL ACHIEVEMENT THROUGH ERROR ANALYSIS METHOD
2. Personal author: Wy Dirgeyasa
3. Abstract
4. Keywords
5. Introduction
6. Literary review
7. Research methodology 
8. The findings and discussion
9. Conclusion
10. References 

For this moment, I would like to review introduction, literary review and research methodology. First, in the introduction, the writer wrote about how very important writing skill is. Beside of four language skills, the writing skill is the one of skills that very important to have by every students. In this part, writer also wrote that the method that usually uses in the classroom often monotonous and bored for students.  The writer has shown that the error analysis method is assumed to be relevant for teaching and learning writing. Because of regarding to EAM, (Nunan (1995; Harmer, 2009) argues that it is a typical teaching and learning process emphasizing the bottom-up approach in which the students’ involvement and participation  are essential during the teaching and learning process. Second, literary review, in this part, the writer explained about the explanation about Error and Error Analysis Method (EAM). Generally, the writer wrote definition of error in language learning may be relatively different among the linguists. Error in language learning occurs because the learner is not able to use language properly and correctly. Furthermore,  Error analysis (EA) or Error analysis Method  (EAM) is an alternative to contrastive analysis, an approach influenced by behaviorism through which applied linguists search to use the formal distinctions between the learners' first and second languages to predict errors.  Third, research methodology. The methodology that is used by writer is the classroom action research. Test is used as a technique to collect data from students. Then, instrument for collecting data is essay writing test. The writing is assessed by using assessment rubric. Then, the data are analyzed by descriptive analysis.

I think it is enough for now. I hope this will be useful for you. I’ll be back soon.

To be continued.