This study is intended to explore the effect of process approach on students’ writing competency at SMK Negeri 1 Kubutambahan Bali. This study was experiment with pretest-posttest design. This study involved 30 students and the experiment was conducted three months. The data were collected through writing test. The data were analyzed using descriptive and inferential analysis.. The result shows that the students’ mean score in pretest was 6.3 and the students’ mean score in posttest was 7.7. The result of t test shows a significant difference between pretest and posttest with Sig. (2-tailed) = 0.000. It is suggested that English teacher should be focusing on the process of writing instead of product especially for English students who are still having low language proficiency. The result of the study implies that writing is a process. Writing is a process. In the process, the role of revision, which includes comments and suggestions are very helpful for students in improving their writing.

The current study intended to explore the effect of dialogue journal writing (DJW) on students’ writing and identifying their perception towards the implementation of DJW in emergency remote teaching (ERT) setting. The method of the current study is a mix method. The design of the quantitative study is experiment with pretest-posttest design, and for qualitative study is using case study. The data were collected through writing competency test and interview guide. This study used descriptive and inferential analysis for the quantitative data and follow O’Connor & Gibson (2003) guidance in analysing qualitative data. The result quantitative analysis showed that the mean score of students' writing competency in posttest (7.4) is higher than pretest (6.6). A significant mean difference is indicated from the result of t test (Sig. =.000). The qualitative analysis identified three themes from the interview (1) encouragement & confidence, (2) motivation, and (3) improvement on writing. Thus, DJW is encouraged to be implemented in ERT setting.