Developing EFL essay writing materials using ict based graphic organizers at english department of IAIN Palangka Raya

Sabarun, Sabarun (2017) Developing EFL essay writing materials using ict based graphic organizers at english department of IAIN Palangka Raya. In: ELITE International Conference at Walisongo State Islamic University of Semarang, 13 - 14 September 2017, Semarang.

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Abstract

The study attempts to develop a syllabus and instructional materials that appropriate for the teaching of Essay Writing course Using ICT Based Graphic Organizers. The Research and Development (R&D) procedure is employed in this study. The model used for designing the syllabus and developing instructional materials follows Yalden’s model known as Language Program Development (1987) with modification. The subjects of the study are the 48 students of the fourth semester English Study Program, the coordinator of English Study Program at IAIN Palangka Raya, and Essay Writing lecturer. The final product of this study is the instructional materials for nine meetings covering introduction to the essay (unit 1 meetings 1-4), the illustration essay (unit 2 meeting 5), the classification essay (unit 3 meeting 6), the process essay (unit 4 meeting 7), the comparison contrast essay (unit 5 meeting 8), and the cause and effect (unit 6 meeting 9). Each unit consisted of learning objective, topic, sub-topic, description, relevancy, and keywords. The instructional material has been empirically tested in try-out stage. Based on the statistical calculation, it was shown that using proposed instructional materials gave facilitative effect on the students’ essay writing performance. Here, the t value of 8.639 was greater than t theoretic at the 5% (1.648) and 1% (2.423) of significant level

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