The Utilization of Three Writing Schemes (TWS) in Teaching Essay Writing to UBSI Students in English Department
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https://doi.org/10.51278/bse.v4i1.817Keywords:
Three Writing Schemes, Teaching Essay Writing, Essay Writing ClassAbstract
This research focuses on teaching essay writing utilizing Three Writing Schemes (TWS to students of UBSI from English Department. The subjects of this research are twenty students divided into two groups, ten male and ten female participants. Each student had to write an essay in classroom based on the instruction given by the lecturer. The method employed within this research is qualitative research that paid attention to the utilization Three Writing Schemes (TWS) as one of the techniques utilized by the researcher in teaching Essay Writing Class (EWC) to students of UBSI from English Department. Each scheme was interconnected to each other as unity that helped students to write an essay appropriately. The scoring was obtained according to the score from each method. This teaching technique was compiled by the researcher from a number of reliable resources, The Three Writing Scheme (TWS) as a solution to improve the writing skill when they write particular topic given in their essay class. There were numerous theories by the present study in order to have solid scientific background. The theories were taken from a number of scholars who already employed researches in teaching essay writing. The objective of this research is to provide applicable solutions to fellow lecturers in giving flexible schemes as an alternative in teaching essay writing to their students. Additionally, two previous researches were incorporated as significant contribution to enrich the quality of this research.
Keywords: Three Writing Schemes, Teaching Essay Writing, Essay Writing Class
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Creswell, J.W. (2014). Research Design: Qualitative, Quantitative & Mixed Methods Approaches (4th ed). Thousand Oaks, CA, Sage
Courtney, M., Costley, J., Baldwin, M., Lee, K., & Fanguy, M. (2022). Individual versus collaborative note-taking: Results of a quasi-experimental study on student note completeness, test performance, and academic writing. The Internet and Higher Education, 55, 100873. https://doi.org/10.1016/J.IHEDUC.2022.100873
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Iddings, J. G. (2021). Empowering students’ writing through a more useful metalanguage: A language-based approach to high school English language arts. Linguistics and Education, 64, 100956. https://doi.org/10.1016/J.LINGED.2021.100956
Imaniah, I. (2021). University-Level Essay Writing Rubric: Optimizing EFL Student's Critical Thinking. Issues in Applied Linguistics: Research & Practice. ISBN: 978-623-02-2447-8. Yogyakarta: Deepublish.
Julian, D. M., Simaibang, B., & Mulyadi, M. (2021). The Correlations among learning motivation, self-confidence, and writing ability of students descriptive text. Jurnal Penelitian Guru Indonesia, 6(1), 142–148.
Jiang, F. (Kevin), & Hyland, K. (2020). “There are significant differences…”: The secret life of existential there in academic writing. Lingua, 233, 102758. https://doi.org/10.1016/J.LINGUA.2019.102758
Karaer, G., Hand, B., & French, B. F. (2024). Examining the impact of science writing heuristic (SWH) approach on development of critical thinking, science and language skills of students with and without disabilities. Thinking Skills and Creativity, 51, 101443. https://doi.org/10.1016/J.TSC.2023.101443
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Kholil, A. & Ferdiyanto F. (2020). Essay Writing Performances at the Tertiary Level: The Case of Indonesian EFL Learners. VOLES: Voices of English Language Education and Society. Vol. 4, No. 1; April 2020 E-ISSN 2579-7484 Pages 32-43.
Limeranto, J.T. & Mbato, C.L. (2022). Motivation and its relationship with essay achievement in the higher education level. ELTIN Journal: Journal of English Language Teaching in Indonesia. Volume 10/No 2, October 2022. p-ISSN 2339-1561. e–ISSN 2580-7684
Mayuni, I., Lusyantie, N., & Imaniah, I. (2020). Rubrik Menulis Esai (Patent No. EC00202016863). Kementrian Hukum dan Hak Asasi Manusia, Republik Indonesia.
Novariana, H., Sumardi., Tarjana, S.S., (2018). Senior high school students’ problems in writing: A preliminary study of implementing writing E journal as self- assessment to promote students' writing skill. ELLiC Proceedings. Vol.2, pp. 216- 219.
Phyo, W. M., Nikolov, M., & Hódi, Á. (2024). What support do international doctoral students claim they need to improve their academic writing in English? Ampersand, 12, 100161. https://doi.org/10.1016/J.AMPER.2023.100161
Segundo Marcos, R. I., López Ferández, V., Daza González, M. T., & Phillips-Silver, J. (2020). Promoting children’s creative thinking through reading and writing in a cooperative learning classroom. Thinking Skills and Creativity, 36, 100663. https://doi.org/10.1016/J.TSC.2020.100663
Su, H., & Lu, X. (2022). Assessing pragmatic performance in advanced L2 academic writing through the lens of local grammars: A case study of ‘exemplification.’ Assessing Writing, 54, 100668. https://doi.org/10.1016/J.ASW.2022.100668
Subandowo, D., & Sárdi, C. (2023). Academic essay writing in an English medium instruction environment: Indonesian graduate students’ experiences at Hungarian universities. Ampersand, 11, 100158. https://doi.org/10.1016/J.AMPER.2023.100158
Svenlin, M., & Jusslin, S. (2023). Thinking brainstorming as otherwise in collaborative writing: A rhizoanalysis. Linguistics and Education, 77, 101218. https://doi.org/10.1016/J.LINGED.2023.101218
Shank, G (n.d.). D. (2002). Qualitative Research: A Personal Skill Approach. In Ohi: Merrill Prentice Hall, Merrill Prentice Hall.
Tarchi, C., Villalón, R., & Lamanda, E. (2022). Investigating the effect of actively-openminded thinking on source-based writing: A randomized control trial. Thinking Skills and Creativity, 46, 101128. https://doi.org/10.1016/J.TSC.2022.101128
Toba, R., Noor, W.N., Sanu, L.O., (2019). The current issues of Indonesian EFL students’ writing skills: ability, problem, and reason in writing comparison and contrast essay. Dinamika Ilmu, 19(1), 57-73. doi: http://doi.org/10.21093/di.v19i1.1506
UNSW. (2020). Write Your Essay. https://www.student.unsw.edu.au/writing-youressay.
Yang, H. C. (2016). Describing and interpreting graphs: The relationships between undergraduate writer characteristics and academic graph writing performance. Assessing Writing, 28, 28–42. https://doi.org/10.1016/J.ASW.2016.02.002
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Yin, X., Saad, M. R. B. M., & Halim, H. B. A. (2023). A systematic review of critical thinking instructional pedagogies in EFL writing: What do we know from a decade of research. Thinking Skills and Creativity, 49, 101363. https://doi.org/10.1016/J.TSC.2023.101363
Yu, C. (2023). Integrating Information Literacy and Academic Writing: Developing a Self-Assessment Scale of Information-Based Academic Writing. The Journal of Academic Librarianship, 49(6), 102804. https://doi.org/10.1016/J.ACALIB.2023.102804
Zheng, Z. (Zoey), & Drybrough, A. G. (2023). Translanguaging in the academic writing process: Exploring Chinese bilingual postgraduate students’ practices at a British university. Journal of English for Academic Purposes, 65, 101269. https://doi.org/10.1016/J.JEAP.2023.101269
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2024-01-08
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Yuskar, B. O. (2024). The Utilization of Three Writing Schemes (TWS) in Teaching Essay Writing to UBSI Students in English Department. Bulletin of Science Education, 4(1), 24–34. https://doi.org/10.51278/bse.v4i1.817
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