Reflecting Stage of Cycle 2
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80 of the students stated that Edmodo was an effective medium to improve their writing skill and the others 20 did not agree that it was an effective medium to
improve students’ writing skill. Compared to the previous research done by Apriani 2015, there was only 56.7 of the students believed that Edmodo was an effective
educational website to learn English, especially writing.
Figure 4.1 The questionnaire results
In addition, Thompson n.d states that Edmodo was excellent for writing practice. Then, 79 of the students believed that by giving comments through
Edmodo, their writing could improve well especially in writing a narrative text, so Edmodo was an effective medium for them. Nevertheless, 21 of the students did
not have the same idea with them. They disagreed that giving comments through Edmodo could improve their writing skill.
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To sum up the results of the questionnaire, it is clearly shown that when the students learned English using a medium, they were more excited and motivated.
Moreover, in this 21
st
century learning almost all students perceived that they could access internet easily, so it helped some students to do their assignments effectively.
From the various educational websites provided in the internet, this was the first time for the students to use Edmodo and only a few of students who have ever used
it before. Even though that was the first time for the students to operate Edmodo, they viewed that it was a safe and an interesting learning medium.
Furthermore, the students agreed that they could access Edmodo easily. It also assisted them to have a long distance discussion with their teacher. So, they did
not need to come to school or do it in the same room. Even though the students were in the home, they still kept in touch with their teacher easily. Moreover, almost all
students also noticed the easiness of Edmodo. It was seen when they could check their score directly after they finished doing their assignments. As a result, it
motivated the half of students to learn English more and Edmodo also aided almost all students in developing their writing skill.
In addition, because of other students’ comment on their writing, it made them improve their writing better. Therefore, Edmodo was an effective medium for
the eighth grade students of SMPN 1 Yogyakarta to improve their writing skill. Combining with the results of the interview, one of the interviewees said
that Edmodo was effective, if all the media such as laptopcomputer and internet connection were provided well student 1. Another student also stated that it was
effective enough but it also needed the role of teacher to remind the students to do PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI