Polingua : Scientific journal of Linguistics, Literature and Language Education
Vol 4, No 2 (2015)

Building Students’ Writing Skill by Using Edmodo

Desi Yulastri (Politeknik Negeri Padang)



Article Info

Publish Date
25 Oct 2015

Abstract

Studying a writing subject for fresh year students of English Department in State Polytechnic in Padang is sometimes found very difficult for them. Many students have lack of motivation in this subject. Not only that, lack of grammar and vocabulary is the main barrier for the students in learning writing in English. Using Edmodo, as an online interactive social networking, in writing subject can be an effective way to build students’ writing skill. The positive progress in writing skill begins to appear after integrating Edmodo in writing 1 subject for half of a semester. Most of the students have a better understanding in forming their sentences, indicated in their comments posted in Edmodo. The using of capitalization and punctuation in their sentences has also improved better indicated by their weekly posts in Edmodo. The students also showed a positive attitude toward the writing subject. Their motivation to write and post their comment via Edmodo can be one of the keys for them to improve their writing skill.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

polingua

Publisher

Subject

Humanities Education Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media

Description

Polingua : Scientific Journal of Linguistics, Literature and Language Education is a peer-reviewed open-access journal for publishing the results of high-quality research in all aspect of Linguistics, Literature and Language Education. The journal publishes state-of-art papers in fundamental theory, ...