Technology integration in language assessment has been regarded as a common strategy in an educational setting. However, teachers need to adjust the perception and cogency of assessment in an online setting as well as the concept of formative assessment in online environments. This research aimed to investigate the students' perception of online backchannel implementation as a formative assessment in improving the students' writing skills in an English classroom. For this purpose, a mixed-method was applied with a closed-ended questionnaire distributed to 32 students and semi-structured interviews carried out to 24 students at the eighth-grade students of a state junior high school in Semarang, Central Java, Indonesia. The collected data were then analyzed quantitatively using SPSS 23 and qualitatively. The findings revealed positive perceptions of online backchannel implementation as a formative assessment in improving their writing skills. They considered it a new and innovative process of an assessment that helped them get the maximum result of writing. Furthermore, students' motivation and confidence in writing were raised. This study's implication calls for the implementation of online backchannel in English class as a formative assessment during the writing process.
<div><p class="StyleABSTRAKenCambria">The integration of higher-order thinking skills (HOTS) in language learning assessments has become a crucial issue in 21st-century learning. However, not many teachers are aware of the need to incorporate HOTS in assessments due to their insufficient knowledge and the absence of good examples. Further, there is not much research and literature on HOTS-based formative assessment that can be used as references. This research aims to fill the existing gap by providing a model of higher-order thinking skills (HOTS)-based formative assessments for English learning, especially in junior high schools. By employing research and development design, this research describes the validation of the assessment model. The proposed model of assessment may be used as a prototype for assessing language learning.</p></div><p> </p>
Speaking is one important skill of English to present opinions, ideas, and convey our feeling to other people. Based on my observation teaching practicum in a vocational school, the students speaking ability have less confidence in practicing English speaking. Except for the students’ problem in speaking teacher’s media in the classroom also influence the process of teaching and learning. The use of conventional media is still found in the process of teaching speaking in class. The writer will focus on her research in improving students speaking skills by using media is Vlog. The purpose of this study is 1. To what extent student’s speaking ability taught without using video vlogs in procedure text? 2. To what extent student’s speaking ability taught using vlogs in procedure text? 3. Is there any significant difference between students speaking ability taught using vlogs in procedure text and those taught without using vlogs in procedure text?. The design of this study is quasi-experimental. The data were gathered through quantitative data. The writer takes XI AKL 2 as a control class and XI AKL 1 as an experimental class. The research instrument is a test. There are two types of tests given, namely pre-test and post-test. After collecting data, there are significant differences between the classes taught using video vlogs and the classes taught without video vlog. The results of the study can be seen on the post-test after giving treatment. Were the mean score pre-test was 57.11 which was classified as unsatisfactory and the mean score post-test was 70.67 which was classified as good. The result of the sig 2 tailed was 0.00. If the value of sig ( 2 tailed) < 0.05 then there is a significant difference between the learning outcomes taught without using video vlog between taught using video vlog meanwhile, the value of sig (2 tailed) was 0.000 < 0.005. So it can be concluded that there was a significant difference between the students speaking skills taught using video vlog.
One of Curriculum 2013 demands in teaching and learning process is the use of higher-order thinking skills (HOTS)-based authentic assessment. It asks the teachers to develop an ongoing activity assessment which records students' learning development processes. Formative assessment can be considered as a process assessment covering the curriculum 2013 demand. On the other hand, the use of internet-based learning is also part of teaching and learning nowadays. It is supposed that internet can be inserted in the classroom process. In English teaching, reading still becomes a main indicator of students' achievement. In fact, reading English text is not easy to comprehend. Teachers mostly use lower order thinking skills of reading text, so the students cannot train their reading skills. To add, the fact that teachers use conventional method of assessment leads the students into boredom. In line with the emergence of the need of formative assessment, this study is trying to investigate Backchannel as an online HOTS-based formative assessment in improving students' reading skills. This study took place in two junior high schools in Semarang, a state school and a private school. Online backchannel was applied and observed well in English reading classroom. At the end, the result shows that students were well-improved in their reading skills since the teachers evaluated the students in the process of learning before continuing to the next material. To add, the students' boredom was decreased well.
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