The Effectiveness of Edmodo to Teach Writing Viewed From Students’ Motivation

Edmodo is a media of private micro-blogging service which can create an effective learning experience and allow students to exchange collective and individual feedback and responses. This article refers to an experimental study on the effectiveness of Edmodo media to teach writing at one of Senior Highschool in Bandar Lampung. The samples were two classes namely experimental class which was taught using Edmodo and control class which was taught without Edmodo. Each class was divided into two groups in which each consisted of students having high motivation and those having low motivation. To gain the data, two instruments were used namely writing test and motivation test. The data were analysed by using Multifactor Analysis of Variance ANOVA 2x2 and Tukey test. Before conducting the ANOVA test, pre-requisite test namely normality and homogeneity test were conducted. The findings of this research are: (1) Edmodo is more effective than Picture Series to teach writing; (2) The students with high motivation have better writing skill than those having low motivation; and (3) There is an interaction between teaching media and students’ motivation in teaching writing

The Effectiveness of Edmodo to Teach Writing Viewed From Students' Motivation

Edmodo is a media of private micro-blogging service which can create an effective learning experience and allow students to exchange collective and individual feedback and responses. This article refers to an experimental study on the effectiveness of Edmodo media to teach writing at one of Senior Highschool in Bandar Lampung. The samples were two classes namely experimental class which was taught using Edmodo and control class which was taught without Edmodo. Each class was divided into two groups in which each consisted of students having high motivation and those having low motivation. To gain the data, two instruments were used namely writing test and motivation test. The data were analysed by using Multifactor Analysis of Variance ANOVA 2x2 and Tukey test. Before conducting the ANOVA test, pre-requisite test namely normality and homogeneity test were conducted. The findings of this research are: (1) Edmodo is more effective than Picture Series to teach writing; (2) The students with high motivation have better writing skill than those having low motivation; and (3) There is an interaction between teaching media and students' motivation in teaching writing

Exploring lecturers and administrative staffs’ strategies to hone EFL students’ digital literacy

This study seeks to investigate the strategies used by college teachers and administrators in enhancing the digital literacy skills of EFL students. A qualitative study is the research design in this paper. The researchers chose a purposive sampling technique for administering the research sample. There were six EFL lecturers and six higher education admins at STKIP PGRI Bandar Lampung as the research sample. This present research employed semi-structured interviews for collecting the data. This current study analyzed the data qualitatively and described it thematically. The findings illustrated that the lecturer used four strategies for promoting learners' digital literacy; motivate learners, conduct training workshops, employ digital technology in the classroom, and improve the digital classroom environment. Moreover, higher education admins used four strategies; raise guardians' awareness towards the role of digital technology, conduct training for lecturers and learners, redesign the EFL classroom and enhance classroom infrastructure. This finding implies that policymakers can use this research to plan and make a new system for EFL education

Students’ perception of using Google classroom for EFL learning

Students need to be proficient in using technology, specifically e-learning apps like Google Classroom which is created by Google. Google Classroom connects with other Google apps such as Google Form, Google Drive, and Google Spreadsheet. Google Classroom is popular for academic purposes because it is user-friendly and does not take up much device storage space. A study was conducted to determine students' perceptions of using Google Classroom. Qualitative research is the research design in this study. The questionnaire, which contained 13 questions, was administered using Google Forms and data analysis was conducted using SPSS. The results of the study indicated that students agreed with using Google Classroom, but emphasized the need to integrate it with face-to-face learning, which aids their comprehension of material. Additionally, students find Google Classroom helpful for submitting assignments or accessing supplementary materials

The Integration of the KWL (Know, Want, Learn) Strategy and the Zoom Conference in Teaching Reading: An Action Research

This research aimed to improve the students’ reading comprehension by using the Know Want Learn (KWL) strategy. The objectives of this research were to investigate whether the integration of the Know Want Learn (KWL) strategy in the Zoom conference can improve the students’ reading comprehension and identify the students' perception of using the KWL Strategy in the Zoom conference. In this research, the researchers used classroom action research as the research design in collecting the data. The research was conducted in three cycles. The samples of this research were 30 students. The researchers employed questionnaire, observation and test for the data collecting technique. The test used in this research was reading test consisted of 25 questions. The researchers used descriptive analysis for analyzing the data. The findings of this research show that the integration of the Know Want Learn (KWL) strategy in the Zoom conference successful to improve students’ reading comprehension and reading activity. The improvement of students’ reading comprehension can be concluded from the mean score of the pre-test is 65.42 and the mean score of the post-test is 85.49. Moreover, there are 26% (8) students who show moderate perception, 24% (7) students offer positive perceptions, and 50% (15) students show very positive perceptions. Furthermore, the combination of KWL Strategy and Zoom conference can help students achieve the learning target. The students can get many benefits from using this combination to study English. They also can conduct an effective teaching-learning activity in a modern way even though they are not allowed to attend the face-to-face classroom

SCHOOLOGY EFFECTS ON STUDENTS’ WRITING ABILITY

Schoology is a learning management system for students to create, control, and share the content of their learning resources. Also known as teaching media for the virtual learning experience, this course management system provides tools to administer classroom activity for the blended learning activity. The present study was aimed to analyze schoology effects on students’ writing ability, and to investigate the students’ interest towards schoology in the writing process. There were sixty students from the first semester students of English Department at STKIP PGRI Bandar Lampung in 2018/2019 academic years. The samples composed of two groups that consist of the experimental and control group. Schoology was used in the experimental class, and the conventional method was used in the control class. The writing test and questionnaire administered to accomplish the objective of the research. Paired and independent sample t-test was used for analyzing the quantitative data. The findings of the quantitative data revealed the use of schoology was more effective than the use of non-schoology. It was determined by the mean score from both of the groups (82 > 72).  The difference (df) of both mean scores was statistically significant based on the t-test value at 0.05 significance level, and the probability value was smaller than the significant level (0.000 < 0.05).  In summary, the result of hypothesis testing found that t-value = 5.993 was higher than t-table = 2.000 (p=0.05, df =58). Ha was accepted, and Ho was rejected. In addition, the result of questionnaire analysis confirms that schoology platform was attractive for teaching and learning writing subject

UTILIZING CRITICAL DISCOURSE ANALYSIS FOR DEVELOPING STUDENTS' DIGITAL LITERACY: A NEED ANALYSIS APPROACH

The research aimed to analyze the need for implementing Critical Discourse Analysis to improve students' digital literacy skills. The research focuses on analyzing the problems and needs of students majoring in Management at STIE Gentiaras Lampung regarding the need to apply Critical Discourse Analysis to improve students' digital literacy skills. Qualitative descriptive is a type of research used by researchers. Meanwhile, STIE Gentiaras Lampung students were the subjects used in this study. There are literature studies, observations, interviews, and tests as data collection methods in the study. There are four analyses of problems experienced by students in order to develop students' digital literacy skills. The four problems are 1) Low Digital Literacy Skills of Students, 2) Mismatch of Teaching Methods in The Classroom, 3) Lack of Integration in the Curriculum, and 4) Lack of Access and Infrastructure. Needs analysis is also carried out by researchers, in addition to applying problem analysis. STIE Gentiaras Lampung students have three needs. First, students need CDA as a learning method to develop their digital literacy skills. Second, students need CDA integration with the latest curriculum. Third, students need adequate access and infrastructure to develop digital literacy skills. Therefore, researchers will continue this research by using CDA as a learning method to develop students' digital literacy skills. Keywords : CDA, digital literacy, need analysi

Enhancing tenth-grade students' reading comprehension via small group discussions on narrative texts

This research aimed to increase students' reading comprehension and learning activities using small group discussions. The researcher employed the Classroom Action study design as a study approach. This study was conducted through two cycles involving tenth-grade students at SMK N 9 Bandar Lampung. The researcher employed an observation sheet and a reading test to gather data. The researcher discovered that students' learning activities improved significantly during the first and second cycles. The average score of the students' observation sheets in cycle 1 and cycle 2 was 6.38 and 7.61. Students' learning activity improved significantly during cycles 1 and 2, with an improvement of 1.2 in the active category. The results of students' reading tests from cycle 1 to cycle 2 provided significant improvements in students' reading comprehension during the first and second cycles. The average reading test score for students in cycle 1 was 62, while 82 in cycle 2. It implies that students reading test scores gained around 20 points during cycles 1 and 2. Meanwhile, 82% of students scored higher than the MCC. Based on the research's findings, the researcher concluded that implementing small group discussions improved students' learning activities and reading comprehension in tenth-grade students at SMK N 9 Bandar Lampung in the academic year 2022/2023