An Analysis of Using Free Writing Technique in Teaching Writing to the Fifth Semester Students at English Department Institut for Islamic Studies (IAIN) Langsa

Free writing technique is one of technique that used in teaching writing class, to make students more creativity in write on essay paragraph. The aim of this research is to find out the effect of free writing used in teaching writing class at the fifth semester of English Department at IAIN Langsa. the research question of study is what is the effect of free writing technique for students at English department. The method of study is qualitative descriptive. The instrument of study used writing test and observation. In this research, the researcher observed one lecturer who used free writing in teaching writing class. Then, the researcher gave writing test to know the effect of free writing technique for their writing .In conducting the study, the researcher involved the writing lecturer and the fifth semester students as 20 as the subject of study. The result of this study showed that the effect of free writing technique effective to used in writing class for students in English department. From 20 students they have good categories in writing aspect and they can manage their time well in writing process.