Prepping for the TOEFL iBT Writing test, Gangnam style

This study aimed to investigate the effect of anonymous peer assessment on students’ writing ability. Quantitative approach was used in this study. Post-test only control group design was the design used in this experimental study. The post-test only control group design was designed to discover the purpose of this study which was to investigate the significant effect on writing ability between students who obtain feedback from anonymous peer assessment and students who obtain feedback from conventional assessment. The study was conducted at SMK PGRI 1 Singaraja. The eleventh grade students in Academic Year 2017/2018 were chosen as the population. The samples were 44 students from XI AP and XI UPW. The instruments used in this study were lesson plan, anonymous peer checklist, writing scoring rubric, and writing test. Writing scoring rubric and writing test were used to obtain the data through post-test while lesson plan and anonymous peer assessment were used during the treatment. The data then was analyzed by using SPSS 16. The results of the analysis show that (1) the mean score of the experimental group was 77.55 while the mean score of the control group was 68.77. (2) The t-observe was 3.892 and it exceeded the t-critical value which was 2.018. Therefore, based on the aforementioned results, it can be concluded that there was a significant difference on writing ability between the eleventh grade students who obtained feedback from anonymous peer assessment and those who obtained feedback from conventional assessment at SMK PGRI 1 Singaraja in academic year 2017/2018.

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THE EFFECT OF STORY MAPPING STRATEGY ON GRADE VIII STUDENTS’ ACHIEVEMENT IN WRITING NARRATIVE TEXT

REGISTER Journal of English Language Teaching of FBS-Unimed ◽

10.24114/reg.v6i3.6698 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 6 (3) ◽

Author(s):

Aryadi Manuel Gultom And Isli Iriani Indiah Pane

Keyword(s):

High School ◽

Junior High School ◽

Narrative Text ◽

Control Group ◽

Writing Test ◽

Mapping Strategy ◽

Story Mapping ◽

Class Viii ◽

Level Of Significance ◽

Experimental Group

This research aims at investigating the effect of story mapping strategy on grade VIII students’ achievement in writing narrative text. It was conducted by using experimental research design. The Population of this research was the eighth (VIII) grade students of St. Thomas 1 Junior High School Medan. There were two classes as the sample. The first class (VIII-F) as the experimental group, while the second class (VIII-B) as the control group. The experimental group was taught by using story mapping strategy while control group was taught by using lecturing strategy. The instrument for collecting the data was writing test. The data were analyzed by using t-test formula. The analysis showed that the score of students in the experimental group by using story mapping strategy was higher than the score of students in the control group by using lecturing strategy, at the level of significance (α) 0.05 with the degree of freedom (df) 38, the t-observed was 2,818 while the t-table was 2,024. Therefore, the applying of story mapping strategy significantly affected the students’ achievement in writing narrative text.

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IMPROVING STUDENT’S VOCABULARY ACHIEVEMENT IN WITING DESCRIPTIVE TEXT THROUGH MAKE A MATCH METHOD

REGISTER Journal of English Language Teaching of FBS-Unimed ◽

10.24114/reg.v2i4.691 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 2 (4) ◽

Author(s):

Irma Lely Lumban Gaol And Johan Sinulingga

Keyword(s):

Data Analysis ◽

Action Research ◽

Learning Process ◽

Match Method ◽

Writing Test ◽

The Subject ◽

Classroom Action Research ◽

Teaching Learning ◽

Descriptive Writing ◽

Vocabulary Achievement

This study is concerned with the improving student’s vocabulary achievement in writing descriptive text through Make a Match Method. The objective of this study was to discover whether the use of Make a Match Method could significantly improve students’ vocabulary achievement in writing descriptive text. This study was conducted by applying Classroom Action Research which was carried out in two cycles in six meetings. The subject of this study was students of SMA Negeri 1 Pollung which consisted of 34 students. The instruments for collecting data were descriptive writing test, observation sheet, questionnaire sheet, and diary notes. The techniques for data analysis were quantitative and qualitative. It was found that teaching-learning process ran well. Students were active, enthusiastic and interested on writing descriptive text. The result of this study showed that the use of Make a Match Method significantly improved student’s vocabulary achievement in writing descriptive text.

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Students’ Understanding of Generic Structure of the Text and the Quality of Writing: A Correlational Study

English Focus Journal of English Language Education ◽

10.24905/efj.v1i2.51 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 2 (1) ◽

pp. 37-45

Author(s):

Atikah Wati

Keyword(s):

High School ◽

Research Design ◽

Senior High School ◽

Second Grade ◽

Statistical Calculation ◽

Writing Quality ◽

Generic Structure ◽

Writing Test ◽

Correlational Research

Indriyani et al, (2013) stated that many students had dificulty in understanding the generic structure of analytical exposition text. Therefore, the present study tried to investigate the correlation between students understanding in writing generic structure of analytical exposition and the quality of students’ writing in second grade of senior hight school. Grounded in explanatory correlational research design by Creswell (2011), this study conducted over two weeks in one of senior high school in Indramayu. Close-ended questionnaire and writing test were instruments to collect the data and it was analyzed by using SPSS 22. The statistical calculation from students understanding in writing generic stucture of the text and writing test indicated that the value of tcount was 3.23 and the value of ttable was 0.361. It can be concluded that the hypothesis was accepted because tcount 3.23 > ttable 0.361. The finding reveal that there was middle correlation or middle prediction in students understanding of generic structure of analytical exposition and students writing quality with the score 0,52.

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Qualities of a good essay: an assessment of the writings of Nigerian undergraduates

International Journal on Integrated Education ◽

10.31149/ijie.v3i7.498 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 3 (7) ◽

pp. 82-88

Author(s):

Usoro Mark Okono

Keyword(s):

Critical Case ◽

State University ◽

Descriptive Linguistics ◽

Purposive Sampling ◽

Writing Test ◽

Units Of Analysis ◽

Regular Practice

This research sought to discover the capabilities of Nigerian undergraduates in handling the salient characteristics of essay in English. Such qualities as clarity, economy, simplicity, unity and coherence were the variables in the assessment. The study was conducted within the framework of the theory of descriptive linguistics and its sub-discipline of stylistics. Four topics representing argumentative, descriptive, expository and narrative essays were given to students for each of them to voluntarily choose one and write on in a strictly supervised writing test. All the essays were marked on the above stated variables. Critical case sampling strand of the purposive sampling was used to select four outstanding essays each representing one of the four departments of the Akwa Ibom State University of Nigeria. Paragraph and sentence formed some of the units of analysis. It was found out that the four subjects whose essays were analyzed proved their mettle in producing readable and creative prose in the four genres with some room for improvement. It is suggested that the Use of English programme in Nigerian universities should be extended from one to two years in addition to regular practice in writing by students and feedback from lecturers.

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Politeness Strategy Used in 10th Grade Students’ Anecdote Text

RETORIKA Jurnal Ilmu Bahasa ◽

10.22225/jr.5.1.1079.72-78 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 5 (1) ◽

pp. 72-78

Author(s):

Novita Mulyana ◽

Made Budiarsa ◽

Made Sri Satyawati

Keyword(s):

Learning Process ◽

Teaching And Learning ◽

Communication Theory ◽

The Other ◽

Pragmatic Competence ◽

Ethnography Of Communication ◽

Public Issues ◽

Writing Test ◽

10Th Grade

This research was aimed to find out the types of politeness strategy that is used by 10th grade students to express criticism towards public issues through an anecdote text as well as the implication on the teaching and learning process of anecdote text in SMK TI Bali Global Jimbaran. There were fifteen anecdote texts analyzed in this research and they were collected through a writing test conducted in a 10th grade class in SMK TI Bali Global Jimbaran. The data were classified and analyzed based on the politeness strategy theory proposed by Brown and Levinson (1987) and ethnography of communication theory proposed by Hymes (1973). The result of the analysis shows that from the fifteen anecdote texts collected, there were only two types of politeness strategy found to be used in expressing criticism, they are bald on record strategy and off record strategy. There are ten anecdote texts composed by the students found using bald on record strategy, while the other five anecdotes using off record strategy in expressing criticism towards public issues. In other words, more students still used the more risky way of expressing criticisms, therefore it is important for the teacher to choose or design a better model of learning which can improve the students’ pragmatic competence.

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