scholarly journals EFL Students' Perspectives on the Use of Blog towards Their Writing Performance

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 115
Author(s):  
Moh. Yamin ◽  
Slamet Setiawan ◽  
Syafi’ul Anam
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Writing Skills ◽  
High Response ◽  
Teaching Approach ◽  
Correlational Study ◽  
Positive Perception ◽  
Writing Performance ◽  
Efl Students ◽  
Writing Practice ◽  
Writing Activity

Obtaining English Foreign Language (EFL) students’ views dealing with their preferences of blog to assist their writing skills in practice is needed in order to make them more helpful in writing practice. This research aims at finding out significant correlation between students’ perspective on the use blog in writing activity and their writing performance. It is correlational study that correlates two variables: blog use and writing performance. The result of this research shows that there is no significant correlation between the students’ perception on blog use in writing activities with their writing performances. Although the students have high and positive perception toward blog use in writing actives done by the teacher in the class, it does not give high response to the students’ writing performance. It happens because some extraneous and possible factors may influence the result of this research. Finally, this research is expected to contribute towards enriching teaching approach knowledge in writing. 

scholarly journals An Attempt at Promoting Undergraduate Sudanese EFL Students’ Performance in Academic Writing Skills

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ammar Mohammed Ahmed Mudawy
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Academic Writing ◽  
Writing Skills ◽  
Extensive Reading ◽  
Reading And Writing ◽  
Efl Teachers ◽  
Holy Quran ◽  
Post Test ◽  
Efl Students ◽  
University Level

The study aims at suggesting effective methods and techniques that could improve English as a foreign language EFL students’ performance in writing skills. The researcher uses the descriptive, analytical method. Four tools were adopted pretest, post-test, supporting program, and a questionnaire for teachers for collecting data. Twenty-five students in Holy Quran University, Sudan, were chosen purposively, and thirty EFL teachers at a university level were randomly selected as a sample for the study. Ninty percent of the teachers agree on the suggested program and techniques. The findings of the study indicate that: using varied techniques and activities in pre-writing stage promotes students’ performances in writing, integration of reading and writing skills in the classroom improves students’ writing skills, as well as encouraging extensive reading outside the classroom promotes students’ performance in writing skills. Accordingly, the researcher recommends that: teachers should focus on the prewriting stage through different activities as well as reading and writing should be used in an integrated way in-class writing to guide the writing process.

scholarly journals Enjoying Learning Writing through Facebook Group

2019 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 115
Author(s):  
Zulfadli Abdul Aziz ◽  
Husnul Khatimah
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Thematic Analysis ◽  
Writing Skills ◽  
Situational Interest ◽  
Individual Interest ◽  
English Writing ◽  
Research Findings ◽  
Efl Students ◽  
Interactive Feedback ◽  
Group 1

This research showed many English as a Foreign Language (EFL) students in Aceh struggle in learning English writing as they had a lack of interest in it. This descriptive qualitative study aimed to find out in what ways Facebook Group might facilitate the enjoyment of the students in learning this skill. The data were collected using interviews and was analyzed through thematic analysis. The interview was done one by one at a time. Ten students from UIN Ar-Raniry were purposely chosen for the interviews in this research. The research findings show that there are four themes found that caused the participants enjoyment of the learning writing in the group: (1) it provides unlimited timing; (2) it facilitates the participants’ freedom and creativity; (3) it provides the interactive feedback; and (4) it helps them in brainstorming the ideas. These four themes directly enhance the students’ situational interest in learning writing that related to an environmental factor, but it results in the development of their individual interest. This research suggests that the teacher should combine the learning process in the classroom with the Facebook group media to fasten the enhancement of the learners’ writing skills. For the learners, it is suggested that they should utilize their social media such as Facebook group not only as their communication media but also for developing their learning in writing.

scholarly journals Brainstorming Strategy and Writing Performance: Effects and Attitudes

2018 ◽  
Vol 9 (5) ◽  
pp. 1084
Author(s):  
Arezoo Omidvari ◽  
Soheila Abedianpour
Keyword(s):  
Writing Skills ◽  
Significant Progress ◽  
Writing Performance ◽  
Writing Ability ◽  
Homogenous Group ◽  
Writing Strategy ◽  
Writing Skill ◽  
Performance Effects ◽  
Efl Students ◽  
The Impact

The study sought to examine the impact of employing brainstorming strategy, as a pre-writing strategy, on advanced EFL students' writing ability. Moreover, the study sought to investigate the attitudes of the participants in terms of the efficacy of brainstorming for developing writing performance. Sixty participants were randomly assigned to two groups participating in Writing II course at Atlas Language Institute in Yasouj, Iran. The highest as well as the lowest achievers were deleted in order to have an almost homogenous group. The participants were randomly assigned to control (No = 30) and experimental (No = 30) groups. Both groups had the same teacher. Based on the results of the pretest and posttest, learners that were treated with brainstorming made significant progress in writing. Furthermore, questionnaire scores indicated that the majority of the learners found brain storming a useful strategy in enhancing their writing skills. The results of the current study highlight the effectiveness of employing brainstorming as a pre-writing strategy in developing EFL students’ writing skill.

Berufsrelevante L2-Schreibkompetenz fördern durch Fordern

Fachsprache ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 43 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 193-209
Author(s):  
Elisabeth Janisch ◽  
Eva Seidl
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Daily Life ◽  
Writing Process ◽  
Writing Skills ◽  
Teaching Approach ◽  
Main Question ◽  
Language Level ◽  
Improving Writing ◽  
The University ◽  
Summer Semester

This article outlines approaches on how to support writing skills and text competence when teaching German as a foreign language. The main question is whether and how dealing in detail with one’s own mistakes and actively analysing one’s own writing process can contribute to improving writing skills in teaching German as a foreign language. Reflections which were written down during the 2013/14 winter and 2016 summer semester at the University of Graz by students studying German as a foreign language, level C1, serve as basis for this article. These reflections refer to texts gathered within one semester respectively. They address subjects relevant to the daily life of a translator in training, such as economics, law, culture, medicine and technology. During this period of reflection, students addressed the question of whether their approach to writing texts has changed in the course of one semester. In addition, they were asked to focus on which mistakes were made repeatedly and to which error category they belonged. Furthermore, they examined the areas in which they feel that they have personally improved and see their strengths. This article aims to demonstrate to what extent this teaching approach succeeded.

scholarly journals EFL Students’ Perception and Motivation Toward Quizizz as E-Learning Media in English E-Classroom

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 71-78
Author(s):  
Farah Ika Dhamayanti
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Foreign Language ◽  
Learning Process ◽  
Senior High School ◽  
Descriptive Statistics ◽  
Positive Perception ◽  
English As Foreign Language ◽  
E Learning ◽  
Efl Students

This study investigates the English as Foreign Language (EFL) students' perception and motivation toward Quizizz as e-learning media in English e-classroom. The total number of participants in this study is 106 students of 11th graders of Senior High School consist of five classes who had experience toward Quizizz. A descriptive statistics approach is applied in this study. The data collected by using closed-ended questionnaire. The obtained data were analyzed by using SPSS version 25.00. The result shows most of EFL students had positive perception and motivation toward Quizizz. Therefore, Quizizz as e-learning media can support the learning process in English e-classroom. It indicates that Quizizz is an appropriate e-learning media that can be used in English e-classroom and it can increase EFL students’ motivation during e-learning.

scholarly journals EFL Students’ and Lecturer’s Perceptions on Collaborative Writing

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (11) ◽  
pp. 83
Author(s):  
Ade Ismail ◽  
Ninuk Lustyantie ◽  
Emzir Emzir
Keyword(s):  
Conceptual Understanding ◽  
Academic Writing ◽  
Learning Process ◽  
Qualitative Method ◽  
Collaborative Writing ◽  
Writing Skills ◽  
Research Data ◽  
Positive Perception ◽  
Writing Courses ◽  
Efl Students

The study aims to explore in-depth students' and lecturer’s perceptions of collaborative writing. There are four perceptual focuses; conceptual understanding, forms of cooperation, writing skills, and classroom atmosphere. This study used a qualitative method involving 31 students who took academic writing courses and an English Lecturer. The research data were collected through questionnaire and analyzed descriptively. The results showed that students and lecturer had a positive perception of the collaborative writing model in terms of understanding concepts, forms of cooperation, writing skills, and a pleasant learning classroom atmosphere. One of the most dominant aspects of students' perceptions about collaborative writing is the development of cooperation between them in the learning process (Storch 2018), which improves their writing abilities and skills (Zhang 2018).  

scholarly journals The Role of Metacognitive Technique for Enhancing the Writing Skills of Arab EEFL Students

2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 191-205
Author(s):  
Tamer Mohammad Al-Jarrah ◽  
Noraien Mansor ◽  
Rania Hassan Talafhah ◽  
Jarrah Mohammad Al-Jarrah ◽  
Fedaa Mahmoud Al-Shorman
Keyword(s):  
Self Regulation ◽  
Writing Skills ◽  
Foreign Language Learning ◽  
Monitoring And Evaluation ◽  
Metacognitive Strategies ◽  
Strategy Training ◽  
School Students ◽  
Writing Performance ◽  
L1 Transfer ◽  
Efl Students

One of the most problematic areas for foreign language learning is writing. Writing is the most complicated and complex aspect of the language system. This study aimed to investigate the kind of metacognitive strategies EFL students used before and after metacognitive strategy training and the effect of the changes observed. It also aimed to examine the influence of other external factors (L1 transfer, motivation, anxiety) on EFL students' performance when instructed to use metacognitive strategies. The subjects were 22 secondary school students in Irbid, Jordan. Two questionnaires were used to gather the data of this study. Questionnaire 1 contains metacognitive strategies (planning, monitoring, and evaluation). Questionnaire 2 entails three variables (L1 transfer, motivation, anxiety). This paper helps to understand how the level of writing skills can be increased among Arab EFL students. Hence, metacognitive techniques must be developed to have a mutual connection with self-regulation and learner’s development of self-scripting approaches. The result showed a positive significant correlation between metacognitive strategies and motivation, L1 transfer, and anxiety. Metacognitive strategies played an important role in enhancing students' writing performance and planning, monitoring, and evaluation process in writing performance.

scholarly journals Using Habits of Mind to Develop EFL Writing Skills and Autonomy

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Arab World English Journal ◽  
Aly A. Koura ◽  
Faten A. Zahran
Keyword(s):  
Performance Test ◽  
Writing Skills ◽  
Habits Of Mind ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Efl Writing ◽  
Writing Performance ◽  
Scale Scores ◽  
Efl Students ◽  
And Control ◽  
The Impact

The main purpose of this study was to determine the impact of habits of mind (HoM) based strategies on students’ writing skills and autonomy. Questions formulated to achieve the purpose of the study focused on. (1) Determining the habits of mind suitable for EFL students. (2) Finding out differences in both English as a foreign language (EFL) students’ writing performance test regarding experimental and control group. (3) Finding out differences in both EFL students’ autonomy scale of experimental and control group. Thirty three EFL students constituted the sample for this study and four instruments-designed by the researchers- were used for data collection. Results indicated that students of experimental group outperformed their counterparts of the control group in EFL writing performance test and autonomy scale scores. The effect of using HoM on students writing skills and autonomy was profound and significant.

scholarly journals Towards a Moodle-based assessment of Algerian EFL students’ writing performance

2021 ◽  
pp. 231-248
Author(s):  
KAMILA GHOUALI ◽  
RAÚL RUIZ-CECILIA
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Control Group ◽  
First Year ◽  
English Department ◽  
Writing Performance ◽  
Teaching Support ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Post Test ◽  
Efl Students ◽  
Experimental Group

The present study examines the effect of a technology-based assessment on the writing performance of Algerian English Foreign Language (EFL) students. Forty-two first-year EFL at the English Department at Tlemcen University (Algeria) took part in the experiment. They were divided into an experimental group (n = 21) and a control group (n = 21). A pre-test and a post-test were used as research instruments before and after the administration of the treatment, respectively. The data were analysed quantitatively using IBM SPSS (20.0). The results revealed that the Moodle-based e-assessment had a significant effect on the performance of the experimental group. We argue that the proposed type of assessment had some pedagogical, practical, and emotional attributes that explained students’ improved scores. We also believe that the e-assessment acted as pedagogical teaching support to traditional evaluation.

scholarly journals EFL Lecturers’ Perception and Practice of Screencast Feedback

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-25
Author(s):  
Nanang Zubaidi
Keyword(s):  
Data Collection ◽  
Foreign Language ◽  
L2 Writing ◽  
Actual Practice ◽  
Positive Perception ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Think Aloud Protocol ◽  
Efl Teacher ◽  
Efl Students ◽  
University Level

The current study aims to deepen knowledge on Indonesian English as a foreign language (EFL) lecturers' perception of screencast feedback, their feedback practice, and the consistency between their feedback practice and perception. To investigate the phenomena, five Indonesian university-level EFL lecturers and their EFL students (N=30) were recruited to participate in the study. The researcher employed several data collection techniques including open ended pre-survey, students' essay collection, think-aloud protocol, and semi-structured interviews. The results showed that the EFL teacher participants have positive perception and towards screencast feedback in L2 writing, which influenced their feedback practice. However, the study also discovered two inconsistencies between the teachers' perception of the focus and the type of feedback they provided and their actual practice.

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