scholarly journals THE ROLE OF EDMODO VIRTUAL CLASS TOWARD THE STUDENTS� WRITING ABILITY IN REMOTE ISLAND

EKSPOSE ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 665-671
Author(s):  
Iksan Iksan

The objectives of this research were to find out (1) whether or not the use of Edmodo virtual class increases the motivation of the students of SMA Negeri 24 Karanrang island Pangkep in writing English and (2) the extent to which Edmodo virtual class increases students writing achievement. The population was all the students of SMA Negeri 24 Karanrang island at Pangkep regency in academic year 2018/2019. The students in this remote area were consisted of 30 students merely. Involving two classes (class X and class XI), selected by using total sampling technique, this research employed quasi experimental design (15 students as experimental class that was taught by using Edmodo virtual class and 15 students as control class that was taught by lecturing way). The data then collected through questionnaire (of writing motivation) and writing test, then analyzed through descriptive statistics and inferential statistic (SPSS) program version 22. The result gained from the data analysis showed that (1) the use of Edmodo virtual class in writing motivation was significantly different from the existing way. (2) The use of Edmodo virtual class in writing achievement increases the students writing achievement

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 258
Author(s):  
Ammang Latifa ◽  
Rafi'ah Nur ◽  
Ahmad Rizal

This research explored the use of the ICARE Model to studying the writing ability at the Senior high school in Parepare. ICARE includes five essential elements of a good learning experience, can be applied to children, teenagers, and parents, namely Introduction, Connection, Application, Reflection, and Extension. This research involved a population from Senior high school in Parepare in the academic year 2015/2016. The students consist of two classes, an experimental class, and a control class. Each class consists of 36 students. This research utilized a cluster random sampling technique to select the sample. The instrument used in this research is the writing test. The data were analyzed by using t-test. The research reveals that there was a significant increase in students writing ability. This finding indicates that the mean score of the post-test of the experimental group is getting much better than the control class. It meant that using ICARE developed the students' ability in writing, and the writing component increased the highest is in the vocabulary aspect.


2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 77
Author(s):  
Sabarun Sabarun

The study is aimed at investigating whether ICT based graphic organizer gives facilitative effect or not across the students' difference level of writing ability. The study belongs to quasi experimental study by applying counterbalance procedure to collect the data. The participants are the 26 students of English department of Palangka Raya State Islamic Institute of 2017/ 2018 academic year. To test the hypotheses, a one way ANOVA test was applied. The research findings shows that, the data fulfills the normality using Shapiro Wilk test (p= 0.420, 0.046, 0.50, and 0.638> 0.05) and homogeneity of variance using Levene’s test (p= 0.541> 0.05). It is found that the F value is45.050, with the significance (p= 0.050> 0.000). Therefore, F table 4.040<45.050>3.190at the 5% and 1% of significant level (Df= 48). It meant that there is a very statistically significant difference on students’ writing achievement both for the bright and poor students between the students who writean expository essay using ICT Based graphic organizer and those who write an expository essay without using ICT Based graphic organizer


2017 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 87-93
Author(s):  
Sri Wahyuni

This research represents the descriptive research to describe students’ ability of eleventh grade students at SMAN 14 Pekanbaru in writing hortatory exposition text. The total number of eleventh grade students at SMAN 14 Pekanbaru in academic year 2015/2016 was 210 students that consisted of 7 classes. In this research, the researcher used ‘cluster random sampling technique” to choose the sample, and the total sample of this research amount to 30 students. The data was collected through writing test, where the students were asked to write a hortatory exposition text based on the topics that were provided by researcher of this research. The test was done around 90 minutes for every time of the test. The students’ entire test was scored by two persons as scorers of this research. Those two scores gave scores to the students’ test based on the criteria in the instrumentation of this research. The result showed that the student’ ability in writing hortatory exposition text was categorized “average to good”. It can be proven by the average of students’ writing test score that was 61.65 that cannot achieve the passing grade yet.   Key words: Writing Ability, Hortatory Exposition Text  


2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 183
Author(s):  
Eliwarti Eliwarti ◽  
Indah Tri Purwanti

This quasi experimental research aims at looking at the effect of Journal Writing technique on students’ ability in writing a paragraph.  Specifically, the research answers the research questions about the students’ ability in writing, the effect of Journal Writing technique on the students’ ability in writing, and the students’ attitude toward Journal Writing technique applied in their Writing class. The sample are one class from the second semester of English Department students in 2017-2018 academic year. The data were collected through writing test and the distribution of a set of questionnaire. The results show that nearly 60% of students’ ability ini writing is at  Average to Good level before the treatment. After the treatment, 56.76% of their ability is at Good to Excellent level. To test whether the increased score is statistically significant or not, the data were analyzed using t-test. Having t-obs (8.26) which is higher than t-table (2.030), it can be said that the teaching of writing using Journal Writing technique significantly effects the students’ ability in writing paragraph. The data from questionnaire support the previous findings where nearly 64% students have ‘high’ attitude toward Journal Writing technique applied in their class.


Author(s):  
Siti Syafi’atul Qomariyah ◽  
Dira Permana

The research entitled “Process based Approach towards Students’ English Paragraph Writing Ability” aims to discover whether or not Process based Approach is effective or not towards students’ English paragraph writing ability. This was a queasy-experimental research with pretest-posttest control group design. The population of the study was the fourth semester students of Writing subject of English Department at Language and Art Education Faculty of IKIP Mataram in the academic year of 2016/2017. Samples of the study were IV-E and IV-F taken through cluster random sampling technique. To determine the experimental and control class, lottery was used. Instrument of the research was paragraph writing test. Techniques of analyzing data were descriptive and inferential statistic analysis. Data of samples were in normal distribution since the value of sig (081) was higher than the value of  alpha (0.05). Data of samples were also homogeneous as the value of sig (012) was higher than the value of alpha (0.05). Based on the result of t-test of two-tailed independent samples, it was found that the value of sig (196) was lower than the value of alpha at the level of significance (0.05). It means that Process based Approach was not effective towards students’ English paragraph writing ability.


LOKABASA ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 214-225
Author(s):  
Sumartini Sumartini ◽  
Hernawan Hernawan

This research is motivated by the lack of ability of students in writing wawangsalan. The purpose of this study is to describe the ability to write wawangsalan students of class VIII-G SMP Pasundan 4 Bandung before and after using the model of learning brain writing, increase or not after using the models of learning brain writing, and the differences using the model of learning brain writing. The method used in this research is quasi-experimental method, using one group pretest and posttest design. Sources of data in this study were 30 students of class VIII-G SMP Pasundan 4 Bandung Academic Year 2018/2019. Techniques used are test techniques, while the instrument is a writing test wawangsalan. The results of this study are (1) the ability to write students wawangsalan VIII-G SMP Pasundan 4 Bandung before using the model make-up brain writing up the value of 43,2; (2) the ability to write wawangsalan after using the brain writing learning model on average to get the value of 76; (3) there is an increase in the ability to write wawangsalan after using brain writing model, from 34,2 to 76, mainly in aspects of the content and title relationship wangsal, and (4) there is a difference between the writing ability of wawangsalan before and after using the brain writing model. Based on statistical tests of significance values (Sig-2 tailed), namely (0,000 < 0,05) or less than 0,05. Which means that the alternative hypothesis (Ha) is accepted and the null hypothesis (Ho) is rejected. This shows that the model of brain writing learning can improve students' writing ability of grade VIII-G SMP Pasundan 4 Bandung Academic Year 2018/2019. AbstrakPenelitian ini dilatarbelakangi oleh kurangnya kemampuan siswa dalam menulis wawangsalan. Tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah untuk mendeskripsikan kemampuan menulis wawangsalan sebelum dan sesudah menggunakan model brain writing, meningkat, serta mendeskripsikan perbedaan antara kemampuan menulis wawangsalan sebelum dan sesudah menggunakan model brain writing. Metode yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah metode kuasi eksperimen, dengan menggunakan desain one group pretest and posttest ke 30 siswa di kelas VIII-G SMP Pasundan 4 Bandung Tahun Ajaran 2018/2019. Teknik yang digunakan yaitu tehnik tes, sedangkan instrumennya berupa tes menulis wawangsalan. Hasil penelitian ini adalah (1) kemampuan menulis wawangsalan siswa kelas VIII-G SMP Pasundan 4 Bandung sebelum menggunakan model pangajaran brain writing rata-rata memperoleh nilai 43,2; (2) kemampuan menulis wawangsalan sesudah menggunakan model pembelajaran Brain Writing rata-rata memperoleh nilai 76; (3) ada peningkatan kemampuan menulis wawangsalan sesudah menggunakan model brain writing yaitu dari 43,2 menjadi 76, utamanya dalam aspek hubungan isi dan judul wangsal; (4) ada perbedaan antara kemampuan menulis wawangsalan sebelum dan sesudah menggunakan model pembelajaran brain writing. Berdasarkan hasil uji statistik nilai signifikansi (Sig.2-tailed) yaitu (0,000 <0,05) atau kurang dari 0,05. Dengan demikian, H1 ditarima serta H0 ditolak. Artinya, ada perbedaan yang signifikan antara kemampuan menulis wawangsalan sebelum dan sesudah menggunakan model brain writing. Hal ini menunjukkan bahwa model pembelajaran brain writing dapat meningkatkan kemampuan menulis wawangsalan siswa kelas VIII-G SMP Pasundan 4 Bandung Tahun Ajaran 2018/2019


2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-12
Author(s):  
Fusvita Sari

: This research discussed are the use of silent demonstration method to improve the students ability in writing. This research is conducted using a quasi-experimental method  was carried out. The population of the research was the Seventh grade of Mts DDI PacongangPinrang in academy years 2014- 2015 which consisted of two classes VII a and  VII b  were taken as the sample which consist of (30 students). The sample was drawn using cluster random sampling technique. While class VII B  was chosen as the experimental group, while VII a  was chosen as control group. The instrument for collecting data were writing test. The data obtained through the test were analyzed  using t-test.The result of this research was use of silent demonstration significant difference with the use of conventional away / direct instruction   (English book / script) of the students writing ability.This Indicate the mean the  experimental group is higher than control group (75.8 > 68.83).There was also the result of t-test  value is higher than t-table value (8.648 > 1.671) In other word hypothesis ) is that null hypothesis  ( Ho) is rejected and Hypothesis Alternative (H1) is accepted. It is concluded ; the writing ability the seventh grade students of MTs DDI PacongangPinrang be improved through silent demonstration method by  procedure text .


2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 12-24
Author(s):  
Saipul Renaldi

This research aimed at finding out the improvement of the students’ writing ability and interest by using Instagram as media. To find out the improvements, the writer used pre-experimental design with one group pre-test and post-test design and questionnaire. The population of this research was the eleventh-grade students’ at SMA Muhammadiyah 1 Unismuh Makassar, academic year 2017/2018. The sample was class XI IPA taken by purposive sampling technique which consisted of 10 students. It employed five meetings (one meeting for pre-test, three meetings for treatment, and one meeting for post-test and questionnaire). It employed writing test as instrument. The research findings indicated that the application of using Instagram was effective in improving the students’ writing skill in term of content and organization. It was proved by the value of the total t-test was 6.30, which was higher than the value of t-table (1.833). This indicated that (H1) was accepted, and (H0) was rejected. It means that there was a significant difference of the students’ writing skill before and after using Instagram in classroom. The students’ interest in writing also improved after the treatment. It was shown by students’ answers in the questionnaire. Most students gave positive respons toward the use of instagram to improve their interst in writing, even they think that this method can be applied in classroom to attract their attention and interest. Therefore, this research is very useful for learning process as a reference for teachers to teach in classroom.


Author(s):  
Lestari Setyowati ◽  
Dita Dwi Hardiastikna

<em>The purpose of this study is to know whether there is a significant correlation between students’ grammar mastery and their ability in writing. This research was conducted using quantitative method by using correlational research design. The target population of this research was all fourth semester students of English Education Study Program at Teachers Training and Education (STKIP) PGRI Pasuruan in academic year 2017/2018. The researcher used test and scoring guide as the instruments of this study. In collecting the data, the researcher conducted the writing test and the grammar test. The finding shows that there is no correlation between students’ writing ability and their grammar mastery for the fourth semester students of English Education Study Program at STKIP PGRI Pasuruan in academic year 2017/2018. The null hypothesis is not rejected because the significant value is 0.876 ≥ 0.05.</em>


Author(s):  
Rizka Indahyanti

The objective of this research was to find out whether or not the implementation of Think Talk Write (TTW) strategy improves students’ writing ability. The researcher applied quasi-experimental method. The population of this research is the second semester students of English Language Education. There were two classes and it consists of 60 students. The researcher used cluster random sampling technique and divided the class into two groups, one group as experimental group and another as control group. Therefore, each group consisted of 30 students. Based on the students’ result obtained and stated in findings, the researcher used t-test in inferential statistic through SPSS to test the hypothesis. It showed that the probability value is lower than alpha (α) (0.000 < 0.05). It means that H1 was accepted and H0 was rejected. Therefore, it can be concluded that the implementation of Think Talk Write (TTW) strategy improves students’ writing achievement.


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