twitter. He discussed with students and posted some rules should be followed by other
students if they wish to take a part in ERP group.
c. Asking students to change their profile picture
based on the character they chose. Due to the concept in ERP was to get students
to write something they thought interesting to be posted based on their character chosen, so it
is important for them to change their profile picture.
3.2 Action: In this phase, students are asked to post
their free writing on the specific group on Edmodo so called ERP group. The essence of this activity is that
students have the opportunity to write something they feel important to post on ERP group. In posting to this
group, they will not use their real name but the name or character they wish to play. It can be an artist, singer,
and so forth. The purpose of this activity is to let students have the free topic to discuss with, and it is
hoped will invite students to write based on their need and pace. And the steps on this phase can be listed as
follows;
d. Asking students to post their writing on ERP
group. Students were asked to post their writing on
ERP group. And the main objective was to let students have a certain purpose and audience
in mind when writing a text. This thing in line as proposed by Hyland stating that
“the writer is influenced by the addressed or invoked
audience, which means that there is an
interaction between the writer and the reader
.”
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e. Asking students to give correction on other‟s
writing. In this activity, students were asked to give
correction regarding to the grammar mistake and punctuation. Besides, they were hoped to
get involved in the conversation among other students.
3.3 Observation: The steps on this phase can be listed
as follows;
a. Observing student‟s activity in posting recount
text on Edmodo. The observation had been done both in the
classroom and Edmodo. In the classroom activity, the writer took a field note regarding
to student‟s activity before they post their writing on ERP group. And on the Edmodo,
the writer tried to monitor students not to write such a harshly words. Students were also asked
to refrain writing a mockery.
b.
Making the field note and
c.
Capturing some pictures of student‟s activity
d. Asking some students about some burdens
they face. And the sample activity on ERP group can be
seen below.
Picture 4.5 and 4.6 Students Activity in the Cycle III
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Ken Hyland, Teaching and Researching Writing Pearson Education Limited: London, 2002, p. 6.
