As student achievement deals with the learning done in a particular course Nation 2009, the students‟ learning achievement used in this study will be based on the
course objectives as shown by their writing scores. The writing scores include the student
s‟ scores of grammar, sentence, and passage writing. This study is an empirical research which applies a mixed-method research
approach. The data were collected through questionnaire, interview, and teacher‟s
documentary records of the students‟ writing scores. The study was conducted in
the first semester of the 20132014 academic year. The participants of this research were the students of the English Letters at Sanata Dharma University,
taking Writing 1 course, or Sentence Writing, in the first semester of the academic year 20132014. There were 151 students of Sentence Writing in total, who were
grouped into four classes, i.e. A, B, C, and D. The students were chosen as the participants of the study because of their experience in learning writing in a web-
based Sentence Writing class.
D. Research Questions
This study is focused on answering the following research questions: 1. What CALL principles are reflected in the web-based Sentence Writing
class as seen from the students‟ perspective?
2. Does the application of the CALL principles in the web-based Sentence Writing class enhance the students‟ learning achievement?
3. How does the application of the CALL principles in the web-based Sentence Writing class enhance
the students‟ learning achievement?
E. Research Objectives
The integration of computer and Internet technologies into language learning offers an alternative way of teaching communicative language skills,
including writing. Since the web- based writing class‟ advantages in outperforming
the traditional or regular one are already discussed in many studies, I am interested more to study the actual use of web for teaching. Specifically, this study
basically aims at verifying the theory of CALL principles, i.e. the eight conditions for optimal CALL environments by Egbert, Chao, and Hanson-Smith 1999 in a
specific classroom applying CALL, i.e. a web-based writing class. The aim can be elaborated into two objectives. First, as the CALL
principles are not applied in isolations, I would like to investigate the application of the CALL principles in a specific web-based writing class, i.e. Sentence
Writing class, to see the interactions and intensity of the principles applied in the foundation writing class as experienced by the students. Second, since the
implementation of CALL principles can lead to optimal language learning, I would also like to confirm the positive implication, i.e. whether the application of
CALL principles in the web-based Sentence Writing class enh ances the students‟
achievement as well as investigate further how the application of the CALL principles in the web-
based Sentence Writing class enhances the students‟ learning achievement.
F. Research Benefits
