Lost in ‘translation’? A set of writing workshops improves Molecular Medicine Honours students’ perceptions of their scientific report writing skills

This study aimed to improve the experimental report writing skills through the discovery learning method of the fifth graders of Muhammadiyah Sapen Elementary School Yogyakarta. This study was classroom action research. The subjects were 26 students of the fifth grade. The techniques for collecting data were observation, task, and documentation. The instruments of the data collection were observation sheets and writing performance. The result of this study showed that the process approach with the discovery learning method could improve the experimental report writing skills of the fifth-grade students of Muhammadiyah Sapen Elementary School Yogyakarta. It could be seen from the result of students’ observation sheet and writing performance. The observation result indicated the increase of the process and result of experimental report writing skills with the average score of 74.88 in Cycle I to 89.38 in Cycle II. The percentage of the Minimum Criteria for Mastery Learning in Cycle I was 60% and increased to 96% in Cycle II, with 24 the students achieved the mastery level and one failed. This showed that the students’ classical mastery was achieved.

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Challenges in the Application of Genre Theory to Improve L2 Academic Writing: Effective Reports and Assessment

ASIAN TEFL Journal of Language Teaching and Applied Linguistics ◽

10.21462/asiantefl.v1i1.4 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 1 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Maria Martinez Lirola ◽

Derek S. Irwin

Keyword(s):

Academic Writing ◽

Learning Process ◽

Writing Skills ◽

Careful Consideration ◽

Genre Theory ◽

Standard English ◽

Theory Approach ◽

Report Writing ◽

Systemic Functional Linguistic ◽

Teaching Learning

This paper examines the application of a systemic-functional linguistic (SFL) Genre Theory approach to an L2 classroom in Spain, where English systems and their formal and functional characteristics were explicated in the teaching-learning process in order to help students improve their writing skills. It analyses various facets of the effectiveness of this approach through a careful consideration of student report writing, first by analysing the assessors’ marking parameters and concentration, and second by thoroughly going through the papers themselves to summarise the nature and quantity of the various writing issues, paying particular attention to areas in which the existing assessment was questionable, incorrect, or not indicating errors in standard English.

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Research Report Writing

Approaches and Processes of Social Science Research - Advances in Knowledge Acquisition, Transfer, and Management ◽

10.4018/978-1-7998-6622-0.ch011 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 225-255

Keyword(s):

Data Analysis ◽

Academic Writing ◽

Ethical Issues ◽

Research Output ◽

Writing Skills ◽

Research Report ◽

Unethical Conduct ◽

Report Writing ◽

Research Activities ◽

Critical Aspects

This chapter discusses the critical aspects necessary to produce a research report from a study undertaken. Since research is based on a systematic endeavour which seeks to establish valid findings, the chapter addresses notions of criticality that ought to be espoused by the inquirer and the need to present findings being mindful of the demands related to academic writing. Furthermore, the chapter outlines the structures and steps that are necessary to produce a good enough proposal, ethical issues, gaining consent and ultimately how to produce a dissertation report at the end of all research activities and data analysis. It is noted in this chapter that a good proposal is most likely to end as a plausible research output. An informative study need not be diminished by a lack of academic writing skills, poor organisation, and unethical conduct.

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An Approach to Report Writing in the World of Work

Armenian Folia Anglistika ◽

10.46991/afa/2005.1.1-2.104 ◽

2005 ◽

Vol 1 (1-2 (1)) ◽

pp. 104-112

Author(s):

Andy Keedwell

Keyword(s):

Writing Skills ◽

Intermediate Level ◽

British Council ◽

Report Writing ◽

The World ◽

English Competence

The British Council has elaborated certain materials aimed at developing the writing skills, especially report writing, of the students who have already reached upper-intermediate level of English competence. The article presents the process of the use of the abovementioned materials among Armenian junior diplomats and other people working in other fields. It further analyzes the methods that will help overcome linguistic difficulties that might arise while writing a report.

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The Influence of the CIRC and TTW Learning Model and Learning Motivation toward Grade 8 Students’ Report Writing Skills at SMP Muhammadiyah Padang

Theory and Practice in Language Studies ◽

10.17507/tpls.0803.02 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 8 (3) ◽

pp. 278

Author(s):

Diana Kartika ◽

Yetty Morelent

Keyword(s):

High School ◽

Significant Influence ◽

Junior High School ◽

Junior High ◽

Writing Skills ◽

Learning Model ◽

Learning Motivation ◽

Learning Models ◽

Report Writing ◽

Grade 8

The objectives of this research are (1) to find out whether the CIRC and TTW learning models significantly influence the students’ ability to write reports at Muhammadiyah Junior High School Padang, (2) to explore whether the CIRC and TTW learning models have a significant influence on the highly motivated students’ ability to write reports, (3) to analyze whether the CIRC and TTW learning models have a significant influence on the ability to write reports of the students with low motivation (4) to identify whether there is influence on the interaction between the use of CIRC type learning model and TTW and learning motivation toward their ability to write the report. This study was conducted within randomized control-group pretest-posttest experimental designs whose participants were Grade 8 students of Muhammadiyah Junior High School Padang. The instruments of data collection were report writing tests, questionnaires and interviews. The findings show that there is a significant influence of the use of CIRC and TTW type learning model with the students’ motivation to learn the skills of writing reports. Secondly, there is a significant influence on the use of CIRC and TTW learning models on the highly motivated students’ report writing skills. Thirdly, there is a significant influence on the use of CIRC and TTW learning models on the lowly motivated students’ report writing skills. Finally, there is the interaction of the use of learning models of CIR and TTE types with their learning motivation on their report writing skills.

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