PADLET AS LEARNING MEDIA TO IMPROVE STUDENTS’ WRITING SKILLS IN RECOUNT TEXT: EFL TEACHER’S AND STUDENTS’ PERSPECTIVE

Abstract

ABSTRACT The present study aims to find out whether there are significant differences in writing skills between students who are taught by means of Padlet and those who are not, and to find out the teacher’s and students' perceptions on the implementation of Padlet in teaching writing. The present study implemented a mixed-method with the type of quasi-experimental pre-test post-test control group design for the quantitative data and semi-structure interview for the qualitative data. The sample of the present study involved 20 students as the experimental and control group. Based on the statistical result, after the teacher's treatment using implement Padlet on students' writing recount text, the t-observed value was higher than the t- table value, thereby, the null hypothesis (H0) was rejected and the alternative hypotheses (H1) was accepted. Therefore, the implementation of Padlet in the class of writing recount text shows that there are differences in the improvement of students' abilities. In addition, the perceptions of teachers and students from the results of both interviews are of the opinion that Padlet can improve writing skills, especially in writing essay recount text. Based on these findings, it can be concluded that Padlet is effective as a media to improve students' writing skills. Some suggestion and recommendations related to the result of the research, especialy for the teacher and future research. For teachers, it is recommended to use the Padlet application as a media in teaching writing recount text as one of the effective technology media. Furthermore, for future researchers, this study only focuses on mean differences in student improvement. Therefore, the researcher expects the next researcher to find out the significance of changes or differences in student achievement. Not a difference in the improvement of the two groups, but the difference in student achievement between the two groups as seen from the post-test results.