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3. Edmodo can help students comment on other students’ work effectively
Through giving comments, the students were more active in writing. It is clear that Edmodo can be a medium for students to develop their writing skill. Even
Thompson agreed that Edmodo is a good tool for students to improve their writing skill, grammar and language practice. It was proven from the activities happened
during the research, the researcher asked the students to write a narrative text and to give comments on students’ work. They were so enthusiastic and they were so
active to do it. As Thompson n.d states comments could help the students to develop their grammar knowledge. It was shown in the figure 4.4.
Figure 4.4 Students’ comments
After both students read the story written in Edmodo, they found that the writer forgot to change some verbs 1 into verbs 2. Those comments are related to
grammatical construction. So, if they did not understand about the use of grammar, they would not give such comments. Thus, by giving comments students could
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Figure 4.5 S tudent’s comment about language practice
From the figure 4.5, it is shown that by giving comments on Edmodo, he could express his idea that the language used by the writer was not clear enough
and it was needed to be fixed. Therefore, it proved that Edmodo could help them to do their language practice.
From the interview, some students also added more information related to the advantages of Edmodo in the use of giving comments. Student 5 felt that by
giving comments on other students’ work, they could pay attention on the use of
verbs. Moreover, the comments given would be permanent and not disappear. Thompson also mentioned that Edmodo had an excellent memory to keep all the
work done by students and teachers, so they would not lose their work. They could open it anytime, if someday they forgot. Student 2 also added that the comments
given could improve their writing. Furthermore, student 3 said that they could learn grammar through those
writings. Thus, Edmodo was helpful for the students and teachers in the learning process because it could provide a safe and an interesting learning medium, it could
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