scholarly journals Utilizing Edmodo in writing class: Why and how?

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 71-81
Author(s):  
Wensi Alka
Keyword(s):  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Learning Activities ◽  
Network System ◽  
Online Application ◽  
Learning Time ◽  
Writing Processes ◽  
Writing Class ◽  
Writing Course ◽  
Writing Skill ◽  
Pedagogical Implication

ABSTRACT This paper comes up to discuss the theories and previous studies about using Edmodo in writing class. Using social network system in the Industrial era 4.0 helps teaching and learning activities become more effective because students can learn in and outside the class. Thus, it is helpful especially in writing class which require long learning time to use this kind of application. Therefore, utilizing an online applications in writing class can help students to improve their writing skill and to make learning time more efficient. One of online applications that is widely used in writing is Edmodo. Generally, this paper then will discuss about explanation of writing processes, problems in writing, explanation about learning media, description of online application, description of Edmodo,benefits of Edmodo, and how to apply Edmodo in writing course. Some previous research highlighting the effect of Edmodo on student’s writing skill is the next discussion. This paper finally gives conclusion and pedagogical implication as the closing. Keywords: writing class, online application, Edmodo  

scholarly journals THE APPLICATION OF SEMINAR PAPER TECHNIC IN WRITING COURSE IN ENGLISH DEPARTMENT IN FACULTY OF ADAB AND HUMANITY UIN SUNAN AMPEL SURABAYA

2018 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Abu Fanani
Keyword(s):  
Action Research ◽  
Research Method ◽  
English Department ◽  
Is Success ◽  
Main Indicator ◽  
Writing Class ◽  
Writing Course ◽  
Writing Skill ◽  
Humanities Faculty ◽  
Classroom Action Research

There three points in this research. These are the proses of the use of paper seminar technic on writing class of English Department, the result of the use of paper seminar technic on writing class of English Department and obstacle of the use of paper seminar technic on writing class of English Department Art and Humanities Faculty, State Islamic University of Sunan Ampel Surabaya. This research method is Classroom Action Research. There are two cycles of this research. The enhancement appeared from the first cycle to the second cycle. It can be seen from the main indicator that shows the improvement. There are some variables that are used but only two variables that are not increase, these are prewriting and drafting.  So it can be said that this research is success. While the obstacle of this research are the weakness of students competence of English especially writing skill and the infrastructures that are not support.

scholarly journals The Use of Genre-Based Cycle with L1 Rhetorical Structure in L2 Writing Class: An Exploratory Study

2016 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
pp. 518
Author(s):  
Tzu-Shan Chang
Keyword(s):  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Literacy Skills ◽  
L2 Writing ◽  
Rhetorical Structure ◽  
Writing Class ◽  
Writing Course ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Efl Students ◽  
Argumentative Essays ◽  
Writing Competence

<p><em>This paper demonstrates the systemic functional approach (SFL) with the L1 rhetorical structure in a genre-based writing class and then examines the effectiveness of this study’s approach in developing Chinese EFL writers’ competence in writing argumentative essays. This EFL writing course follows the SFL approach, the genre-based cycle of teaching and learning, to provide students with repeated opportunities to practice literacy skills gained in previous cycles until they master different genres. The genre-based cycle formed the writing instruction along with the L1 rhetorical structure as a strategy; Chinese EFL sophomores (n = 44) were instructed in this writing class. Qualitative and quantitative data were collected: </em><em>I</em><em>nterviews and ratings of students’ writing from two raters before and after the instruction. The results presented that most participants had made statistically significant progress in their writing competence, particularly in structuring paper. The incorporation of L1 rhetorical structure into the genre-based cycle offered participants a framework to organize their arguments in L2 writing. When EFL students’ home languages/cultures are treated as the resources within the context of a genre-based cycle, their prior knowledge of L1 rhetorical structure transits to more accurate construction of L2 essays.</em></p>

scholarly journals Blended Learning in a Paragraph Writing Course: A Case Study

2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 216-226
Author(s):  
Anggri Muhtia ◽  
Suparno Suparno ◽  
Sumardi Sumardi
Keyword(s):  
Online Learning ◽  
Blended Learning ◽  
Learning Activities ◽  
Writing Performance ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Writing Class ◽  
Writing Course ◽  
Specific Formula ◽  
Face To Face Learning

The emergence of online learning offers the opportunities that are not possessed by the traditional face-to-face learning environment. Combining the strengths of the online learning and face-to-face learning, known as blended learning, is believed to enhance the quality of learning. Different subjects may have different designs of blended learning because there is no specific formula for the best practices of blended learning. This paper reports a study investigating the implementation of blended learning in a paragraph writing course. The purposes were to investigate the blended learning activities carried out in the paragraph writing course and to find out the extent to which it affected students’ writing paragraph performance. The participants of this case study, who were selected purposively, involved one lecturer and six students of a paragraph writing class. The techniques for collecting data included interviews, observations, and document analysis, and the data were analyzed using Miles and Huberman’s interactive model. Ten blended learning activities, including five activities in face-to-face settings and five activities online, were identified in the course. The students’ paragraph writing performance seen from the result of final test was satisfying, indicating that the use of blended learning had a positive effect on students’ writing performance.

scholarly journals Incorporating Blogging into an EFL Writing Course: An Action Research

2017 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Anggri Muhtia ◽  
Nur Arifah Drajati
Keyword(s):  
Action Research ◽  
Quantitative Data ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Social Contexts ◽  
Learning Activity ◽  
English Learning ◽  
Efl Writing ◽  
Qualitative And Quantitative ◽  
Writing Course ◽  
Writing Skill

The application of blogs in English teaching and learning, especially in writing, has gained considerable attention. It combines learning activities with advanced Internet technologies and virtual social interaction. Assigning students to write online (blogging) outside classroom hours would enable students to learn in authentic social contexts and allow them to get exposed to authentic learning materials. The purpose of this study was to improve students’ writing skill through incorporating blogging activity into an EFL writing course. The blogging activity was carried out on a social network website that provides a blog section in addition to many features. The members of the website (which is part of an English learning activity) can post their writing and give comments on each other’s blog posts. In this study, mixed methods were applied in action research that integrated qualitative and quantitative data. The qualitative data were collected using observations and interviews, while the quantitative data were from test scores. The work was developed through two cycles. The findings showed that there was an improvement in students’ writing skill and students’ perceptions towards blogging were positive.

scholarly journals DESIGNING STRATEGIES FOR UNIVERSITY STUDENTS’ WRITING SKILL

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 8
Author(s):  
Ismiati Ismiati ◽  
Erlin Pebriantika
Keyword(s):  
Learning Strategies ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Collaborative Writing ◽  
Design Strategies ◽  
Research Subjects ◽  
Study Program ◽  
English Writing ◽  
Writing Course ◽  
Writing Strategy ◽  
Writing Skill

In the process of teaching and learning English writing skill, some strategies which are considered appropriate for a certain group of learners, may not suitable for other groups as each group has its own problems and needs in writing. Therefore, teaching learning strategies for English writing requires to be continuously developed. This study aims to design strategies based on the students’ writing needs and problems as the development of the previous common implemented strategies in writing course classes at English Study Program of Cordova University, West Sumbawa Regency. The research subjects were students who are active studying English as their major specialization and lecturers who have been teaching English writing course in academic year 2018/2019.The result shows that the previous strategies give little significant impact toward the students’ writing skill progress. For the reasons, new strategies were designed and recommended to be continuously implemented for teaching and learning writing courses and involved in curriculum at English Study Program, Cordova University. Those strategies are (1) Collaborative Writing Strategy. (2) Combining Diary and Guided Writing Strategy. (3) Additional credit hours for writing course classes (4). Graded writing course classes need to be continuously taught by the same lecturer

scholarly journals Learning of Imla’ Using Flashcards on Writing Skill at Islamic Elementary School Level in Samarinda

IZDIHAR ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Luluk Humairo Pimada ◽  
Rostanti Toba ◽  
Abdul Wahab Rasyidi
Keyword(s):  
Elementary School ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Research Result ◽  
Learning Activities ◽  
School Level ◽  
Elementary Level ◽  
Writing Skill ◽  
Teachers And Students ◽  
Language Writing ◽  
Picture Card

There are some language skills, one of them is writing which has the steps of learning a foreign language. Writing skill has the most difficult skill. The use of instructional media has functions to facilitate teaching and learning activities, especially in Arabic learning of Imla’ material. The flashcard is used as a medium to facilitate teaching and learning activities of Imla’ for non-Arabic students. This research aimed to describe learning of Imla’ on Arabic writing skill and describe learning implementation of Imla’ on Arabic through flashcard at the level of elementary school at Elementary School level in Samarinda. The researcher used research design of qualitative descriptive by using the research instruments of observation, interview, and documentation. The research result obtained through the data sources from the principal, vice principal of curriculum, Arabic teachers and students. To analyze the data, the researcher used Miles and Huberman’s theory through three steps of data reduction, data display, and verification. The research results were that Arabic learning based on the writing skill on the elementary level included in category of Imla’ manqul which is aimed for students to be able to recognize, know, and rewrite letters of Hijaiyah by the rules of writing and letters written separated or connected with other letters. The students were also able to recognize the meaning of what they wrote through flashcard. The use of flashcard was helpful in the Arabic teaching process, because the students were easier in understanding the meaning of each vocabulary they wrote. The students did not feel saturated in teaching and learning proses, because flashcard can be used by the students as a form of game which they usually play such as picture card. Therefore, the Arabic writing skill on the elementary level will be easier to be learnt by the students.

scholarly journals LEARNING ENGLISH AS A FOREIGN LANGUAGE IN AN INDONESIAN UNIVERSITY: A STUDY OF NON-ENGLISH DEPARTMENT STUDENTS’ PREFERRED ACTIVITIES INSIDE AND OUTSIDE THE CLASSROOM

2016 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-26 ◽  
Author(s):  
Urip Sulistiyo
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Learning Activities ◽  
English Department ◽  
Teaching English ◽  
English Teaching ◽  
Pedagogical Implication ◽  
Ethnographic Data ◽  
English Students ◽  
Learning English

This study examines a range of learning activities used in teaching English and identifies those that students see as most helpful. The instrument used in this study was a questionnaire adopted from Willing (1988). Some modification had been made to meet the purpose of this study. The questionnaire consists of two parts. Part 1 is ethnographic data in terms of the participants’ gender and field of study. Part 2 consists several items comprises students’ preferred activities in learning English. Students are asked to rank the activities of each category by circling one number. Circling number 1 means it is not helpful /preferable, while circling number 4 means it is very helpful /preferable for them. Then, all the responses were analyzed using SPSS Professional Statistics.The study suggests a number of pedagogical implication for English teaching and learning for non-English department students at universities in Indonesia. The finding suggests that teachers should take preferred activities into account when they are teaching. In addition, the study also proposed some suggestions for further research. These suggestions state the need to conduct research which involves more participants to confirm the results of the current study.

scholarly journals IMPROVING STUDENTS’ WRITING DESCRIPTIVE TEXT THROUGH THINK-PAIR-SHARE TECHNIQUE

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 261
Author(s):  
Rika Febriyantika ◽  
Aseptiana Parmawati
Keyword(s):  
Action Research ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Teaching Writing ◽  
Average Score ◽  
Writing Classroom ◽  
Learning Situation ◽  
Writing Class ◽  
Writing Skill ◽  
Classroom Action Research ◽  
Writing Scores

Writing is troublesome to be  learned  and  taught for some students. One technique that can be used in teaching writing is TPS. The research was conducted in SMP Plus Nurulhidayah Pasundan. The researchers identify some problems, such as: 1) Does teaching writing using TPS improve the students’ writing creativity?, 2) How is the teaching and learning situation when TPS implemented in the writing class?. Classroom Action Research was used in this research. From the result of pre-test, we found that the result of students’ writing was under average and still far from what was expected. The finding was supported by the result of students’ writing scores. The average score of pre test was 47.1. After the implementation of TPS activities in every cycle, the students’ writing score were getting better. It can be seen from the result of students’ average score Cycle 1 was 51.8 and Cycle 2 was 71.09 It can be concluded that TPS can improve students’ writing creativity and TPS can improve writing classroom into a better situation. Keywords:  Think Pair Share, Writing Skill, CAR  

scholarly journals Students’ Needs for Academic Writing at the English Education Department

2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (3) ◽  
pp. 161
Author(s):  
Nur Fatimah
Keyword(s):  
Academic Writing ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
English Education ◽  
Learning Activities ◽  
Language Performance ◽  
Education Department ◽  
Writing Class ◽  
Interesting Learning ◽  
Open Question ◽  
Writing Practice

There are some demand and facts on English teching and learning that made the research conducted. They are the teaching and learning in the academic writing class, the feedback from lecturers on the students language performance, the students’ weaknesses in writing, the students’ expectation for the materials, and the requirement on publishing scientific articles. The study, then, reveals the students’ needs for academic writing at the English Education Department of Ahmad Dahlan University and their problems in academic writing. The aspects investigated were teaching materials, learning activities, skills and learning resources. The data were obtained by a questionnaire to describe whether the stated items very interesting/very important – not very interesting/not very important. The number of population is 370. Krejcie and Morgan table was referred for the sample. An open question was responded to enable respondents to share more feedback on their academic writing skills and problems. The results show that the materials designed by the Department are worth to teach. Further, interesting learning activities include getting feedback from the lecturer and peers, and in-class writing practice. In relation to writing, the students confirm the importance of essay elements and academic work, outlining, paraphrasing and producing complete academic writing. Another finding is priority to use textbooks, references from the internet and journals. The last is that the students have problems in developing ideas, grammar, vocabulary, and language expressions.

scholarly journals AN ANALYSIS OF STUDENTS’ WRITING SKILL THROUGH FACEBOOK AS A MEDIA

2017 ◽  
Vol 1 ◽  
pp. 85
Author(s):  
Aulia Hanifah Qomar
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Time Management ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Classroom Situation ◽  
Writing Ability ◽  
Internet Connection ◽  
Writing Class ◽  
Writing Skill ◽  
Long Time ◽  
Research Findings

The aim of this study were 1) to analyze the students’ writing ability using facebook as a media, and 2) to know the classroom situations when Facebook as a media implemented in the writing class. This study is qualitative study which is carried out at Muhammadiyah University of Metro. In collecting the data, the researcher used test, observation and interview. The research findings showed that Facebook as a Media can improve the students’ writing skill. Those improvements were: 1) the students’ used effective word or diction choice and usage word from mastery, appropriate register; 2) the students were fluent expressions, ideas clearly stated/support, and well organized. Then, related to the classroom situation, the researcher found that: 1) teaching and learning process was more effective; 2) the students did the task given by the lecturer; 3) the students needed long time in using facebook; 4) time management was not control (internet connection).

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