Teaching Writing by Using Social Media for High School Students in Indonesia

The purpose of the research is to find out the students’ ability in writing, especially writing recount text by using Facebook as a medium of discussion. In the classroom students set up their Cellphone to write and discuss a recount text. The research question is “Is there any significant effect o...

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Main Authors: Syofianis Ismail, M. Zaim, Nurhizrah Gistituanti
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universitas Islam Riau (UIR) Press 2018-02-01
Series:J-SHMIC: Journal of English for Academic
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Online Access:https://journal.uir.ac.id/index.php/jshmic/article/view/1160
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description The purpose of the research is to find out the students’ ability in writing, especially writing recount text by using Facebook as a medium of discussion. In the classroom students set up their Cellphone to write and discuss a recount text. The research question is “Is there any significant effect on students writing recount text by using face book as medium for discussion on Senior High School students?” In the preliminary study it was found that the students’ writing ability was low. Hence, the writer is interested in trying to solve the students’ problem by using Facebook as a medium of discussion. The design of this research was an experimental research. The sample for this research consisted of 25 students. The result of this research found that Facebook as medium for discussion significantly affect the students writing ability. Keywords: facebook, recount text, and medium  
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spelling doaj.art-afccc3c3ba2b4bc3b1dfdffdc06576fe2024-02-29T07:42:52ZengUniversitas Islam Riau (UIR) PressJ-SHMIC: Journal of English for Academic2356-24042541-14462018-02-015110.25299/jshmic.2018.vol5(1).1160Teaching Writing by Using Social Media for High School Students in IndonesiaSyofianis Ismail0M. Zaim1Nurhizrah GistituantiUniversitas Islam RiauUniversitas Negeri Padang The purpose of the research is to find out the students’ ability in writing, especially writing recount text by using Facebook as a medium of discussion. In the classroom students set up their Cellphone to write and discuss a recount text. The research question is “Is there any significant effect on students writing recount text by using face book as medium for discussion on Senior High School students?” In the preliminary study it was found that the students’ writing ability was low. Hence, the writer is interested in trying to solve the students’ problem by using Facebook as a medium of discussion. The design of this research was an experimental research. The sample for this research consisted of 25 students. The result of this research found that Facebook as medium for discussion significantly affect the students writing ability. Keywords: facebook, recount text, and medium   https://journal.uir.ac.id/index.php/jshmic/article/view/1160facebook, rerecount text, and medium
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M. Zaim
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Teaching Writing by Using Social Media for High School Students in Indonesia
J-SHMIC: Journal of English for Academic
facebook, rerecount text, and medium
title Teaching Writing by Using Social Media for High School Students in Indonesia
title_full Teaching Writing by Using Social Media for High School Students in Indonesia
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title_short Teaching Writing by Using Social Media for High School Students in Indonesia
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