A closed-ended questionnaire was designated to the English Department students University of Nusantara PGRI Kediri to investigate their cognitive, behavioural and emotional engagement during the English teaching learning processes that were administered in online classes. These online classes were managed to implement the government policy in banning the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic. The results showed that the students’ behavioural engagement was relatively high, however, their cognitive and emotional engagement were not extensively positive in some of their aspects. It was found that the students found obstacles in communicating ideas, helping each other, previewing the previous materials, and overcoming anxiety in making mistake during the online class. The findings contributes to an understanding of the various aspects of web-based classes and the EFL students’ engagement in the virtual classes. .

<p>Learning to write is a difficult and complex series of processes that require a range of explicit teaching methodologies throughout all the stages of learning. The capacity of teacher to create positive classroom atmosphere and using appropriate teaching technique will help students to attain the goal of writing. This pre-experimental research aims to measure the effectiveness of scaffolding technique to the students writing ability. The result of the data analysis shows that the mean score of pre-test and post-test are 58. 87 and 71. 29 . Then the t-score  is 4. 45 and the t-table at the degree of significant 5% is 2. 042, so the t-score 4. 45 is higher than the t-table. It means very significant, thus scaffolding technique is effective to be used in teaching writing as it helps the students to write better. This result supports the proposed theory which stated that scaffolding helps the students to write by providing a support structure to enable certain activities and skills to develop lies on the frameworks used by the teacher, giving the actual carrying out of particular activities in class, also there is the assistance provided in moment-to-moment interaction among students and teacher.</p>

Following the concept of Interpersonal model of Metadiscourse markers proposed by Hayland and Tse (2004) then developed by Hayland (2005), this content analysis aims to find the use of interactional metadiscourse markers in the introduction sections of two dissertations written by good and poor writers of doctorate students State University of Surabaya. The interactional metadiscourse markers were categorized into Booster, Hedges, Attitude Markers, Engagement Markers, and Self Mention.The good writer used more in number and variations of interactional metadiscourse markers than those of the poor writer used. For the most frequent interactional metadiscourse markers,the good writer used Engagement Marker, while the poor writer used the Self Mention as the most frequent one. It can be concluded that the use of interactional metadiscourse markers can be used as indicators of a good writer. So, it is suggested for the English teacher/lecturer to teach explicitly the use of interactional metadiscourse markers especially when the students write in academic writing.

Self-assessment and peer assessment deal with promoting students' reflective effort in writing learning process. The students’ writing achievement, critical thinking, and autonomous skills are encouraged in the implementation of these teaching techniques. The purposes of this study are to implement, to know the benefits, and to find the student responses to self-assessment and peer-assessment in writing classes. This study was conducted in second-year students of English Language Department Nusantara PGRI University in Creative Writing Subject. The study used observations, student reflection notes, interviews, and documents for data collection. Data were analysed using three-step qualitative data analysis; display of data, reduction educe of data, and conclusions drawing. Data analysis showed that the benefits of peer assessment and self-assessment outweigh the drawbacks, as they can provide students with new knowledge, skills, and understanding of the writing process and student achievement. Peer assessment and self-assessment enable students to gain better experience, making it easier for them to apply and respond to their writing. The study concludes that English teachers are recommended to implement these teaching techniques in facilitating the students to fully experience their writing process and to boost the students’ writing ability. Keywords: Self-assessment, Peer-assessment, EFL, Teaching Writing, Creative Writing Class.

Kegiatan Pengabdian kepada Masyarakat (PkM) ini berupa edukasi literasi digital dalam pembuatan media pembelajaran interkatif bagi guru Bahasa Inggris SMP di Kabupaten Nganjuk. Kegiatan ini dilatarbelakangi beberapa permasalahan yang dihadapi oleh para guru Bahasa Inggris, Dengan dilaksanakannya keguatan PkM edukasi literasi digital ini diharapkan dapat mencapai tujuan sebagai berikut: 1) meningkatkan literasi digital dalam pembuatan media pembelajaran interaktif; 2) meningkatkan motivasi guru-guru Bahasa Inggris SMP di Kabupaten Nganjuk dalam mengembangkan media pembelajaran interaktif berbasis digital sebagai bentuk inovasi pembelajaran; dan 3) meningkatkan keterampilan guru-guru Bahasa Inggris SMP di Kabupaten Nganjuk dalam mengembangkan media pembelajaran interaktif berbasis digital sebagai bentuk inovasi pembelajaran. Metode yang digunakan pada kegiatan ini berupa: angket sebelum dan sesudah perlakuan, edukasi literasi digital (tutorial), dan penugasan. Rangkaian kegiatan PkM edukasi literasi digital pembuatan media pembelajaran interaktif bagi guru-guru Bahasa Inggris SMP di Kabupaten Nganjuk berlangsung selama 5 bulan (Agustus – Desember 2021). Data tentang kemampuan literasi dan respon guru-guru diperoleh dengan memberikan angket tertutup sebelum dan sesudah tutorial.