Using Skype Messenger On Blended Learning, WEBLOG and E-Learning to Improve Students’ Writing Ability of Student Fourth Semester English Education Department
This research describes about using three of tools that are blended on learning, weblog and e-learning to improve students’ writing ability in the fourth semester English Education Department Faculty of Language and Science Wijaya Kusuma Surabaya University. Those students have some problems in learning writing. They might get struggle when they try to write and were confused what they must write for the first time and they were lack of vocabularies, and they were passive and looked un-interested in teaching and learning writing process. Based on the implementation of the study, the researcher found out that after being treated with blended on learning, weblog and e-learning as a tool to improve students’ writing ability, the students had positive response and enjoyed the strategy when they practiced to post their writing through blended on learning, weblog and e-learning with their friends. Furthermore, they can cooperate in group, learn to make a draft, learn to give comment to their friends’ writing, learn to revise their writing, and learn to publish their writing. The objective of this study were 1) to describe the implementation of using blended on learning in ordering to can improve writing ability for students fourth semester English Education Department, 2) to understand application of the concept of writing through blended on learning, weblog and e-learning for students. The result of this study showed that 1) the implementation using blended on learning, weblog and e-learning in teaching writing ability is effective to use because it can attract the students and motivate them in writing and through blended on learning, weblog and e-learning the students can get enough stimuli. 2) The students could develop their idea in writing, they also can write better, their spelling and grammar become be better and the average score was 75. In conclusion, the implementation of using blended on learning, weblog and e-learning and the students’ ability in writing improved as the media