Indonesian EFL Journal: Journal of ELT, Linguistics, and Literature
Vol. 2 No. 2 (2016)

Increasing EFL Students’ Writing Abilities Using Peer Response Activities via Facebook

M. Zaini Miftah (State Islamic Institute of Palangka Raya)



Article Info

Publish Date
30 Dec 2016

Abstract

This study was aimed to increase EFL students’ abilities in writing argumentative essay via Facebook by developing peer response activities. The classroom action research was employed in cyclic activities. The subjects were 25 Indonesian fourth-year undergraduate EFL students who enrolled in Writing III course. The data were gained from writing task, observation, and field notes. The result shows that this strategy with the appropriate instructional procedures can increase the EFL students’ abilities in writing argumentative essay. It is indicated by the increases of the students’ writing achievement and involvement in writing class during peer response activities via Facebook. Hence, it gives insights to employ this way as an alternative teaching technique in writing classroom because of its effectiveness.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

efi

Publisher

Subject

Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media

Description

Indonesian EFL Journal: Journal of ELT, Linguistics, and Literature is an International Journal that is published twice a year in the months of July and December. This journal has been indexed on DOAJ. The aim of this journal is to promote a principled approach to research on language and ...