IDEAS: Journal on English Language Teaching and Learning, Linguistics and Literature
Vol. 14 No. 1 (2026): IDEAS: Journal on English Language Teaching and Learning, Linguistics and Lite

Improvement of Malay Rumi Writing Skills Among Mattayom 1 Students at Saengthamwittaya Foundation School

Yenti Deslina (Pendidikan Bahasa Indonesia, Universitas Muhammadiyah Tapanuli Selatan, Padangsidimpuan, Sumatra Utara)
Devinna Riskiana Aritonang (Pendidikan Bahasa Indonesia, Universitas Muhammadiyah Tapanuli Selatan, Padangsidimpuan, Sumatra Utara)
Eli Marlina Harahap (Pendidikan Bahasa Indonesia, Universitas Muhammadiyah Tapanuli Selatan, Padangsidimpuan, Sumatra Utara)
Husniah Ramadhani Pulungan (Pendidikan Bahasa Indonesia, Universitas Muhammadiyah Tapanuli Selatan, Padangsidimpuan, Sumatra Utara)
Lili Herawati Parapat (Pendidikan Bahasa Indonesia, Universitas Muhammadiyah Tapanuli Selatan, Padangsidimpuan, Sumatra Utara)



Article Info

Publish Date
30 Jun 2026

Abstract

This study aims to describe students’ initial and final abilities in using animate and inanimate nouns in Malay Rumi compositions and to examine the improvement in writing skills after the implementation of structured instructional treatment. The research employed a Classroom Action Research (CAR) method with a pretest–posttest design involving 39 Mattayom 1 students at Saengthamwittaya Foundation School, Southern Thailand. The research instrument consisted of essay writing tasks with personal themes such as “My Family,” “My School,” and “My Best Friend,” which were analyzed based on the accuracy of noun classification and usage. The findings indicate that the mean pretest score of 73.39 increased to 82.59 in the posttest, reflecting a gain of 9.2 points. This improvement demonstrates that structured instruction integrating explicit grammar teaching, process-based writing practice (planning, drafting, revising, and editing), and corrective feedback effectively enhances students’ writing skills. In addition to quantitative improvement, qualitative progress was also observed, including a reduction in noun classification errors and greater consistency in sentence structure. These findings confirm that Classroom Action Research based instructional intervention can improve linguistic accuracy while simultaneously strengthening students’ metacognitive awareness in writing Malay Rumi.

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Journal Info

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ideas

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Subject

Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media

Description

IDEAS Journal is published twice a year in the months of June and December (P-ISSN 2338-4778 and E-ISSN 2548-4192); it presents articles on English language teaching and learning, linguistics, and literature. The contents include analyses, studies and application of theories, research report, ...