THE USE OF DIARY WRITING TO ENHANCE VOCABULARY MASTERY OF THE FOURTH GRADE STUDENTS AT AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN PALEMBANG

ABSTRACT
Vocabulary mastery is an essential need for young learners to acquire second
language. Diary writing is a medium to introduce new vocabularies for young
learners. The purpose of this research is to investigate the use of diary writing to
enhance the fourth grader’s vocabulary mastery at an elementary school in
Palembang. 25 EFL students participated in this research. This research was
conducted from January to March 2019 at that school. This research was a pre�experimental design with the quantitative data obtained in form of pre-test and
post-test. The quantitative data were analyzed by using SPSS 22 Software
Program. The supportive data were teacher and students’ interview. The results
of this research showed the scores’ improvement on the post-test. Moreover, the
researcher also found out that lack of idea and words became the students’
problem during the implementation.

Keywords: Diary writing, Vocabulary mastery, English for young learners