scholarly journals Linguistic Interdependence Hypothesis: Does the Positive Transfer in Writing Skill Occur in Lower Level Students?

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (11) ◽  
pp. 1606
Author(s):  
Beby Maharani Masyitha ◽  
Utami Widiati ◽  
Ekaning Dewanti Laksmi
Keyword(s):  
High School Students ◽  
Junior High School ◽  
Positive Transfer ◽  
Language Transfer ◽  
School Students ◽  
Writing Ability ◽  
English Writing ◽  
Writing Skill ◽  
Bahasa Indonesia ◽  
Interdependence Hypothesis

<p><strong>Abstract:</strong> Language transfer always becomes an interesting topic to discuss in SLA. From the two types of language transfer take place in the process of language learning, this research aims to investigate the positive transfer occurs in junior high school students’ writing skill. The two languages to be involved in this research, Indonesian as L1 and English as L2. The analysis of the positive transfer within writing skill in this research is carried out under the theory of ‘Linguistic Interdependence Hypothesis’ proposed by Cummins. Correlational research design is employed to analyze the correlation between the students’ L1 (Indonesian) writing ability and L2 (English) writing ability. The analysis result shows that the positive transfer in students’ writing does not exist. This happens due to the lack of exposure that the students have in practicing L2 (English) writing.</p><strong>Abstrak:<em> </em></strong>Transfer bahasa selalu menjadi topik yang menarik untuk dibicarakan dalam pemerolehan bahasa kedua. Dari dua jenis transfer bahasa yang terjadi dalam proses pembelajaran bahasa. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menginvestigasi transfer positif yang terjadi dalam keterampilan menulis siswa SMP. Ada dua bahasa yang dilibatkan dalam penelitian ini, yaitu bahasa bahasa Indonesia dan bahasa Inggris. Analisis transfer positif dalam keterampilan menulis pada penelitian ini mengacu pada teori ‘<em>Linguistic Interdependence Hypothesis</em>’ yang digagas oleh Cummins. Penelitian ini menggunakan metode korelasional untuk menganalisis korelasi kemampuan menulis siswa dalam bahasa Indonesia dan bahasa Inggris. Hasil analisis menunjukkan bahwa tidak ada transfer positif yang terjadi dalam tulisan siswa. Hal ini terjadi karena kurangnya pajanan yang diterima siswa untuk mengasah keterampilan menulis dalam bahasa Inggris.

scholarly journals Project-based learning and writing skill in EFL: are they related?

2018 ◽  
Vol 42 ◽  
pp. 00059
Author(s):  
Luh Tiwika Praba̕ ◽  
Luh Putu Artini ◽  
Dewa Putu Ramendra
Keyword(s):  
High School Students ◽  
Junior High School ◽  
Quantitative Data ◽  
Collaborative Work ◽  
Project Based Learning ◽  
School Students ◽  
English Writing ◽  
Writing Test ◽  
Quantitative Data Analysis ◽  
Writing Skill

This study aimed at investigating the effect of Project-Based Learning on students’ writing skill of grade 9 at SMPN 3 Kuta Selatan. This study employed embedded mixed method design, in which the quantitative data were considered as the main data. The data were collected through guided interview, observation, and writing test. Paired sample t-test was used for the quantitative data analysis. The result showed that Project-Based Learning has significant effect on students’ English writing skill (sig. = .000 < α = .05). Project-Based Learning also revealed potentially promotes students’ critical thinking, communication, and creativity through collaborative work. In general, it can be concluded that Project-Based Learning significantly improves junior high school students’ writing skill in English as a Foreign Language.

scholarly journals Facebook Utilisation to Enhance English Writing Skill

2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (8) ◽  
pp. 37
Author(s):  
. Sabaruddin
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Teaching Practice ◽  
School Context ◽  
Teaching Writing ◽  
School Students ◽  
Writing Ability ◽  
English Writing ◽  
Writing Skill ◽  
Secondary High School

This paper aims to investigate the use of Facebook in enhancing English writing skill of Indonesian students in the secondary high school context. The result of this research is hopefully beneficial to overcome English writing difficulties of secondary high school students in Indonesia. The discussion informs that Facebook utilisation in teaching writing improves learners motivation to write in English, increases grammar mastery of the students, and provides abundant learning materials for the learners to develop their English writing ability. The result of this study will be useful as a reference for English teachers to adjust Facebook use into their teaching practice in order to help students in improving their English writing skill.

scholarly journals Factors Affecting Writing Skill Using Computer Assisted Test (CAT) in Junior High School Students

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (2.13) ◽  
pp. 447
Author(s):  
Raheni Suhita ◽  
Herman J. Waluyo ◽  
Budhi Setiawan
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Reading Comprehension ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Junior High School ◽  
Junior High ◽  
Junior High School Students ◽  
School Students ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Comprehension Skill ◽  
Writing Skill

This study aimed to determine the factors affecting writing skill quality and the level of their contribution to help language teachers to formulate more effective strategies using CAT to enhance writing skill. The correlating factors discussed in this research were students’ reading comprehension skill, vocabulary mastery, and attitude toward language.  The study applied quantitative approach with simple and multiple correlation and regression techniques. The samples of the study were 100 students taken using stratified random sampling technique from a population of 2000 junior high school students in Surakarta City. The data were collected using multiple choice test for students’ reading comprehension skills and vocabulary mastery, writing assignments, and questionnaires for their attitudes toward the Indonesian language. The findings showed that there are positive correlations between the independent variables, either individually or simultaneously, with writing skill. The individual contribution levels is 44.75% of reading comprehension skill, 27.70% of vocabulary mastery, and 28.5% of attitude toward language. As for the simultaneous correlation of the three determining factors make up to 45.16%. contribution level to writing skill quality. Thus it can be concluded that reading comprehension has the most contribution to writing skill compared to vocabulary mastery and attitude toward language. The identified levels of contribution can be taken into consideration in formulating teaching strategies and materials to enhance writing skill quality.  

scholarly journals The Assessment of Students’ English Writing Skill at SMA Yaspen Tugu Ibu Depok

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 42
Author(s):  
Mulyadi Mulyadi ◽  
Siti Nurani ◽  
Nurul Frijuniarsi
Keyword(s):  
High School Students ◽  
Random Sampling ◽  
Simple Random Sampling ◽  
Second Grade ◽  
School Students ◽  
English Writing ◽  
Writing Test ◽  
Second Grade Students ◽  
Writing Skill ◽  
Senior High School Students

<p>The aim of this research is to analyze empirically English writing skill of Senior High School students. This research is a descriptive qualitative research. The population of this research is the second grade students from SMA Yaspen Tugu Ibu in Depok. The sample was taken through simple random sampling of which 25 students as samples of this research. For collecting the data, the instruments used in this research were writing test and interview. The writing test was conducted to obtain the writing skill indicators, while the interview was carried out to elicit information of students’ problems in writing. The result of this research explained that students’ English writing skill was definitely good at SMA Yaspen Tugu Ibu Depok. There were 88% of students with scores more than 50 and only 12 % with scores less than 50. In conclusion, the students’ writing skill at SMA Yaspen Tugu Ibu is considered to be high category in English writing skill.</p>

scholarly journals Guided Writing to Improve the Students’ Writing Ability of Junior High School Students

EFL Journal ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Suma Ningsih
Keyword(s):  
High School Students ◽  
Junior High School ◽  
Second Grade ◽  
School Students ◽  
Writing Ability ◽  
Writing Test ◽  
Second Grade Students ◽  
Guided Writing ◽  
Teaching Of Writing ◽  
Passing Grade

The problems of writing are found at MTs Almuna Samarinda; the students are reluctant to write English, they are difficult to express their ideas and thought to the paragraph writing, they made many grammatical mistakes in their writing, and they are also lack of vocabulary in their writing so that it made their writing monoton. This is a classroom action research which aimed at improving the students’ writing ability of madrasah students. The setting of the research is the second grade students of MTs Almuna Samarinda. The instruments of the study are observation and writing test. The result of study shows that Guided writing can overcome the problems in the teaching of writing found at MTs Almuna Samarinda. It was found that in preliminary study, there were 14 students (50%) who achieved minimum passing grade and there were 14 students (50%) of the students who did not pass the minimum passing grade, the highest score was 80 and the lowest score was 50. In Cycle 1, there were 18 students (64%) who achieved minimum passing grade and there were 10 students (36%) of the students who did not pass the minimum passing grade, the highest score was 80 and the lowest score was 55. This cycle was not successful because it did not reach the criteria of success, 70. In Cycle 2, there were 22 students (79%) who achieved minimum passing grade and there were 6 students (21%) of the students who did not pass the minimum passing grade, the highest score was 90 and the lowest score was 60. This cycle was successful because it reached the criteria of success

Improving the Narrative Writing of Students with Learning Disabilities

1994 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 21-32 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marjorie Montague ◽  
Alexandra G. Leavell
Keyword(s):  
Learning Disabilities ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Junior High School ◽  
Multiple Baseline ◽  
Students With Learning Disabilities ◽  
School Students ◽  
Writing Ability ◽  
Baseline Design ◽  
Student Differences

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of procedural and substantive facilitation—specifically, instruction in character development—on the quality and length of narratives written by 9 Junior High School students with learning disabilities. A multiple baseline design across triads was used to determine the effects of treatment. Results indicated that over a period of 2 months, students generally made substantial increases in the amount they wrote and mild to moderate increases in the quality of the stories produced. Recommendations are given for individualizing instruction considering student differences in writing ability, background, motivation, interest, and attention.

scholarly journals Influence of Native Language Transfer on Senior High School English Writing

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 170
Author(s):  
Yuhang Yuan
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Second Language ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Native Language ◽  
Mother Tongue ◽  
Senior High School ◽  
Language Transfer ◽  
School Students ◽  
Quantitative Research Methods ◽  
English Writing

English writing is one of the important ways to show the comprehensive ability of second language. The native language transfer has long been concerned by language learners since it was proposed. This study adopts qualitative and quantitative research methods to explore the influence of mother tongue transfer on senior high school students' English writing and puts forward corresponding teaching strategies. Through the research, it can be found that native language transfer errors account for a large proportion of errors in English writing error types. In addition, native language transfer has a significant influence on students’ English writing level. It is helpful for students to improve their second language writing ability by adopting comprehensible input and other teaching methods related to mother tongue transfer.

scholarly journals THE USE OF PROCESS-PRODUCT HYBRID APPROACH TO IMPROVE STUDENTS� WRITING SKILLS

2017 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 164
Author(s):  
Yayan Suryana ◽  
Deden Iskandar
Keyword(s):  
High School Students ◽  
Writing Skills ◽  
Hybrid Approach ◽  
Integrated Approach ◽  
Teaching English ◽  
School Students ◽  
English Writing ◽  
Writing Skill ◽  
Quasi Experimental ◽  
Process Product

This paper comes out of concerns about teaching English writing to vocational high school students in EFL learners� context. This study points out how the process-product hybrid approach affects students� writing skills in solving some complex problems in order to generate deep comprehension of writing. In this study, quasi-experimental research was applied to measure the students� writing improvement by collecting the data from instruments which covered pre-test, post-test, and questionnaire. The findings showed that students� writing skill improved significantly. It also revealed that almost all of the students responded the statements positively and they believed that this approach can help them in improving their writing skill since it gives full comprehension of writing and serves more interesting teaching learning activities. Therefore, this integrated approach has become the most recommended approach for teachers to improve students� writing competences.Keywords: process-product hybrid approach, teaching English writing, students� writing skills.

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