The Effects of I-bLA on Resolving the Issues of the EFL Students’ Writing Skills and Content Originality

Yohannes Telaumbanua (Politeknik Negeri Padang)
Martini Martini (Politeknik Negeri Padang)
Dhini Aulia (Politeknik Negeri Padang)
Silvia Djonnaidi (Politeknik Negeri Padang)

Jurnal Pendidikan Progresif
Vol 11, No 2 (2021): Jurnal Pendidikan Progresif

The Effects of I-bLA on Resolving the Issues of the EFL Students’ Writing Skills and Content Originality. Objective: This research aims at testing the effects of Inquiry-based Learning Approach (I-bLA) on Resolving the Issues of the EFL Students’ Writing Skills and Content Originality. Method: The one Group Pre-test and Post-test experimental research design was used to test the effects of I-bLA. Findings: The result of paired sample test explicates that the sig. 2-tailed value is 0.000 designating a significant difference between pre-test and post-test. Furthermore, the I-bLA significantly decreases the similarity index by 80% meaning that the content originality of the students’ essays does not match against the original sources. Conclusion: the use of I-bLA can significantly resolve the issues of the EFL students’ Writing Skills and Content Originality. Keywords: I-bLA, writing skills, content originality DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.23960/jpp.v11.i2.202106