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- PaperDOAJ — ELT & TESOL1 May 2024
Exploring the impact of time allocation on students’ writing performance: A quantitative study
Dwiansari Ramadhani
A quantitative study of 50 Indonesian university students found that providing extra time on timed academic essays significantly improved writing quality, but found minimal correlation between writing scores and autonomous learning strategies. The results suggest that time constraints are a critical factor in writing assessment, calling for re-evaluation of testing administration to better reflect students' actual writing ability.
Original abstract
Many educational institutions have been conducting writing assessments to measure students’ ability in writing, yet little is known about whether time restriction and learning strategies are contributing factors to students’ performance. In Indonesian educational institutions, writing assessments serve as a means to measure students’ proficiency in articulating thoughts in the target language, providing teachers with insights into their linguistic ability. The objective of this study is to determine whether allocating extra time for timed academic essays will substantially enhance the quality of students' writing. Additionally, this study seeks to uncover the correlation between students' L2 learning strategies and their writing performance. This study used a quantitative design. The main instruments were questionnaires and writing tests collected at two parallel classes of a private university in Indonesia, comprising of 50 students in total as the study participants. The quantitative methods used independent t-tests and Spearman’s rho correlation to analyze the data. The result showed that time limit had a significant effect on writing performance (t(34.6)= 3.185, p= .003). Another result indicated minimal to no correlation between writing scores and autonomous learning practices. In conclusion, this study offers valuable and practical implications in the writing assessment industry that there should be a re-evaluation in the administration of writing assessment in educational institutions in Indonesia that truly reflects students’ writing ability.
- PaperDOAJ — ELT & TESOL1 Nov 2022
Insertion of the values of religious moderation on Indonesian EFL class
Ida Fitri Anggarini
This case study examined the integration of religious moderation values into vocabulary instruction in an Indonesian EFL primary school class. Using reflective essays and interviews, the researcher identified common challenges faced by two students and teachers, along with strategies such as implementing religious moderation values as a teaching approach and enriching vocabulary to improve writing skills.
Original abstract
English as a Foreign Language (EFL) means learning English in a non-English speaking country, for example, Thailand and Indonesia. Admittedly, EFL educators encourage the student to improve their English skills such as listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills. In writing skills, teaching vocabulary has important points. Focusing on learning English vocabulary that inserts the value of religious moderation, this research took a case study in an Islamic primary school in Malang on Indonesian EFL Class. With a qualitative case study, the researcher addressed two main methods for two Indonesian EFL students and teachers in Malang. By using reflective essays and interviews as the methods, the data concluded that most of the challenges found had similarities and related to each other. Along with the challenges, the researcher also found out the strategies done by all of the participants such as implementing the values of religious moderation as a way of teaching vocabulary, enriching the student’s vocabulary, and improving the student’s writing English skills.
- PaperDOAJ — ELT & TESOL1 Nov 2021
An Analysis on the Students’ Ability in Using Personal Pronouns in English
Darni Nopi Nokas
A study of 10 Indonesian EFL students found their average ability in using English personal pronouns was 68 out of 100, with reflexive pronouns being the most challenging. The main difficulty was attributed to interference from their first language, Indonesian.
Original abstract
English personal pronouns was still problem for students; especially students of Sekolah Tinggi Keguruan dan Ilmu Pendidikan Surya Kasih. Therefore; it was important to conduct a research on students’ ability in using personal pronouns. The purpose of this study was to describe the students’ ability in using subject, object, possessive and reflexive. The participants of the research were 10 students the second semester students who programmed English subject. There were 30 item tests of personal pronouns. The results of the research showed that the students’ average score was 68 and the students’ level of ability on personal pronouns was enough. Based on the kinds of personal pronouns showed the highest score was 72,10 which is on subject pronoun then followed by object pronoun with the score 70,20 then followed by possessive pronoun with the score 67,80 and the lowest score was 64,70 which is on reflexive pronoun. This research claimed that the students found difficulties in using personal pronoun in English due to interference of Indonesian language as their first language.