Writing skills appear to be the most challenging skill for children to acquire even with gifted students. The researcher decided to carry out a study entitled “An action research project on improving student’s writing skills in learning English through writing journals among the sixth graders at a secondary school in Hanoi”. This action research study aims to investigate the impacts of utilizing daily journals to enhance writing skills. The subjects were 30 students in grade 6 who had difficulties in writing skills. The intervention involved the use of daily journals given during 2 cycles to improve students’ recount text. In addition, the data of the study were mainly collected through pre and post-tests, a questionnaire, a semistructured interview. Besides, to ensure the validity and reliability of the research, documentation from other sources such as a reflective journal was employed. The findings show that there is an improvement in students’ writing skills. Also, the attitudes towards writing of the students are ameliorated thanks to the journal writing activity. Besides, the researcher suggests that English teachers had better implement daily journals in their classes so as to enhance students’ writing skills. The process should be mainly focused on, not only the product.
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Writing skills appear to be the most challenging skill for children to acquire even with gifted students. The researcher decided to carry out a study entitled “An action research project on improving student’s writing skills in learning English through writing journals among the sixth graders at a secondary school in Hanoi”. This action research study aims to investigate the impacts of utilizing daily journals to enhance writing skills. The subjects were 30 students in grade 6 who had difficulties in writing skills. The intervention involved the use of daily journals given during 2 cycles to improve students’ recount text. In addition, the data of the study were mainly collected through pre and post-tests, a questionnaire, a semistructured interview. Besides, to ensure the validity and reliability of the research, documentation from other sources such as a reflective journal was employed. The findings show that there is an improvement in students’ writing skills. Also, the attitudes towards writing of the students are ameliorated thanks to the journal writing activity. Besides, the researcher suggests that English teachers had better implement daily journals in their classes so as to enhance students’ writing skills. The process should be mainly focused on, not only the product.
