Part C - Students’ perception on the use of Edmodo in writing descriptive
82 60 and the total percentage was 40. Based on the result which was same as the
result of the previous statement, it meant that most of the students got more motivated to do their assignment by using Edmodo. It was also proven by the
result of the interview which showed that the students got more motivated to do their assignment by using Edmodo. Students 29 said that she got more motivated
to do her assignment in Edmodo because she could see her friends’ work in
Edmodo which helped her to do her assignment better. Based on the result of the questionnaire and interview, it showed that all
the students got more motivated to learn English by using Edmodo. The students tried to finish their assignment early and always tried to revise their assignment
after having the feedback or suggestion in their writing. Therefore, it could help them in developing their writing skills.
Item 40. I believe that Edmodo is an effective educational website to learn English especially for writing skill.
The result of this statement showed that 30 of the students strongly agreed and 56.7 agreed that Edmodo was an effective educational website to
learn English especially for writing skill. Meanwhile, there were only 13.3 of the students who disagreed and none of them who strongly disagreed with the
statement. The total percentage of the agreement level was 86.7 and the total percentage of the disagreement level was only 13.3. Based on the total
percentage, it could be concluded that most of the students had positive response towards the statement. In other words, most of the students believed that Edmodo
was an effective educational website to learn English especially for improving
83 writing skill. This statement was related to the Item 31 which described that
Edmodo was an effective educational website for helping the students in writing
descriptive text. Item 41. I believe that using Edmodo can help me to develop my skill in
writing descriptive text grammar accuracy and spelling.
The result of the Item 41 showed that 20 of the students strongly agreed and 63.4 agreed that using Edmodo could help them to develop their skill in
writing descriptive text grammar accuracy and spelling. However, there were 13.3 of the students who disagreed and only 3.3 who strongly disagreed with
the statement. Therefore, the total percentage of the agreement level was 83.4 and the total percentage of the disagreement level was only 16.6. Since the total
percentage of the agreement level was high, it meant that most of the students believed that using Edmodo could help them to develop their skill in writing
descriptive text grammar accuracy and spelling. In order to enrich the data obtained from the questionnaire, the researcher
interviewed six students related to the use of Edmodo. The result of the interview showed that all of the students said that Edmodo helped them to develop their skill
in writing descriptive text. They could develop their writing by giving suggestion to each other so that it could make their writing better.
Item 42. I believe that using Edmodo motivates me in improving my skill in writing descriptive text grammar accuracy and spelling.
The result of this statement showed that 16.7 of the students strongly agreed and 70 agreed that using Edmodo motivated them in improving their
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were only 13.3 of the students who disagreed and none of them who strongly disagreed with the statement. The total percentage of the agreement level was
86.7 and the total percentage of the disagreement level was only 13.3. Since the total percentage of the agreement level was high, it meant that most of the
students believed that using Edmodo motivated them in improving their skill in writing descriptive text grammar accuracy and spelling. It was also proven by
the result of the interview which showed that the students got more motivated to improve their skill in writing descriptive text. Student 14 and 4 said that they got
more motivated to improve their writing after they saw their friends’ works which are very good. Student 14 said that he got more motivated, especially when he
was seeing his friends who could be more expert in writing. Because his friends could post their writing well so that he had to be like that too. Then, Student 4
also said that she gets more motivated. For example, her friends wrote about descriptive text well and automatically she wanted to be better than them. Then, if
her friends got some new vocabularies, she wanted to get it too. Based on the results, it could be concluded that most all of the students were motivated to
improve their writing by using Edmodo. They tried to make their best writing and posted it in Edmodo.
Item 43. I believe that using Edmodo can improve my skill in writing descriptive text grammar accuracy and spelling.
The findings of the statement 43 showed that 16.7 of the students strongly agreed and 66.6 agreed that using Edmodo could improve their skill in
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only 16.7 of the students who disagreed and none of them who strongly disagreed with the statement. Therefore, the total percentage of the agreement
level was 83.3 and the total percentage of the disagreement level was only 16.7. This statement was related to the previous statement where the students
were very motivated to make a good writing by using Edmodo. Their enthusiastic and motivation would influence them to improve their writing especially in
writing descriptive text. Based on the result, it could be concluded that most of the students believed that using Edmodo could improve their skill in writing
descriptive text grammar accuracy and spelling.
Item 44. I believe that using Edmodo is beneficial for me to improve my skill in writing descriptive text grammar accuracy and spelling.
The result of the statement 44 presented that 10 of the students strongly agreed and 80 agreed that using Edmodo was beneficial for them to improve
their skill in writing descriptive text grammar accuracy and spelling. However, there were only 10 of the students who disagreed and none of them who
strongly disagreed. The total percentage of the agreement level was 90 and the total percentage of the disagreement level was only 10. Based on the result, it
could be concluded that most of the students believed that using Edmodo was beneficial for them to improve their skill in writing descriptive text grammar
accuracy and spelling. In order to enrich the data, the researcher interviewed six students related
to the some benefits that the students got by using Edmodo in writing descriptive
86 text. The result showed that the students got some benefits by using Edmodo in
writing descriptive text. Student 19 said that by using Edmodo she could finish her assignment faster and she could correct her writing if there were some
incorrect vocabularies. Then, Student 1, 14, 4, 26 and 29 said that by using Edmodo they could get some new vocabularies and they could correct their
mistake so that they can have a good writing than before.
Item 45. I am not satisfied to use Edmodo in writing descriptive text.
The result of the last statement in this category presented that there were none of the students who strongly agreed and only 6.7 who agreed with
statement. There were 53.3 of the students who disagreed and 40 who strongly disagreed that they were not satisfied to use Edmodo in writing
descriptive text. Based on the result of the data, the total percentage of the agreement level was only 6.7 and the total percentage of the disagreement level
was 93.3. It could be concluded that almost all of the students were satisfied to use Edmodo in writing descriptive text. The students were happy when they were
using Edmodo in writing descriptive text. They could make a good writing in terms of descriptive text successfully.
Those were all the results that the researcher obtained from the questionnaire which were in a form of close-ended question and supported by the
result of the interviews and direct observation. In order to enrich the data about the students’ perception on the use of Edmodo in writing descriptive text, the
researcher also used one question in a form of open-ended question. The results will be explained as in Table 4.5.
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Table 4.5 The Results of the Open-Ended Question about th
e Students’ Perception on the Use of Edmodo in Writing Descriptive Text
No Question
Answer n1
n2
2. What is your
opinion on the use of Edmodo in
writing descriptive text?
Please give your reason.
Positive Response
Edmodo is good, fun and easy to use. Therefore, it
makes us easier in writing descriptive text
and submitting our
assignments given by our teacher.
18
28
93.3
I can be more enthusiastic to learn
English by using Edmodo.
2 Edmodo is like a social
media which I am familiar with; it likes a
Facebook. Therefore, I can use Edmodo easily.
Then, I can be more interested to learn
English because I can get so many new
vocabularies in Edmodo. Actually, Edmodo is
very beneficial for us in learning English.
3
Edmodo is effective for writing descriptive text
because we can get feedbacks and
suggestion from our teacher and friends
related to our writing grammar and spelling
so that we can revise it to make it better.
Edmodo trains us to be more careful in writing
descriptive text.
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Table 4.5 Continued
No Question
Answer n1
n2
Negative Response
Sometimes Edmodo is very interesting, but
sometimes Edmodo can be boring. Because we
need to log in and log out.
1
2 6.7
Edmodo is just so-so; not really good and not
really bad. 1
Based on the data gained from the open-ended question related, it showed that 93.3 of the students had a positive perception on the use of Edmodo in
writing descriptive text and only 6.7 who had a negative response. There were18 students who said that Edmodo was good, fun and easy to be used. It also
helped the students easier to write and submit their assignment about descriptive text. Moreover, there were 2 students who said that Edmodo could make them
more enthusiastic to learn English. Then, there were 3 students said that Edmodo was interesting because the display of Edmodo was like a Facebook which they
were very familiar with. Besides that, Edmodo was easy to use and it was very beneficial for them. Meanwhile, there were 5 students who said that Edmodo was
more effective to be used in writing descriptive text because they could get some feedbacks from the teacher and also suggestions about the grammar and spelling
from their friends in order to make their writing better. However, there were 2 students who had negative responses towards the
students’ perception on the use of Edmodo in writing descriptive text. One of the students said that Edmodo was not interesting, besides that Edmodo was very
89 boring for them because they had to login and logout. On the other hand, one of
the students said that Edmodo was just so-so because there was nothing special in Edmodo. Even though there were two responses tow
ards the students’ perception on the use of Edmodo in writing descriptive text, the total percentage of the
positive response was higher than the negative response. So, it could be concluded that the students had a positive perception on the use of Edmodo in writing
descriptive text. Although the result of the questionnaire from the close-ended and open-
ended showed that the students had a positive perception towards of the use of Edmodo in writing descriptive text, the researcher still interviewed six students in
order to enrich the data relate d to the students’ perception on the use of Edmodo
in writing descriptive text. The result of the interview showed that all of the students also had a positive opinion of the use of Edmodo in writing descriptive
text. Students 29 said that Edmodo was good, especially for writing; because in Edmodo she could share her writing to each other so that she could get some
suggestions from her teacher and friends to make her writing better. Based on the result obtained from the questionnaire, interview, and direct
observation, the data showed that the students had positive responses towards the students’ perception on the use of Edmodo in writing descriptive text. It could be
concluded that the students had positive perception on the use of Edmodo in writing descriptive text. It was proven by their achievement that they achieved
especially in writing a descriptive text.
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