IMPROVING STUDENTS’ ABILITY IN WRITING ENGLISH TEACHING BY USING PORTFOLIO ASSESSMENT
(An Experimental Study at SMKN 1 Blang Pidie)
Keywords:
Writing and Portfolio Assessment
Abstract
The objective of this study is to investigate whether the improving students’ ability in writing English teaching by using portfolio assessment. The method is used in this research is pre-experimental with one-group pre-test and post-test design. The population of this research was all grade X SMKN 1 Blangpidie. However, the sample of this research consisted of 30 students of the grade using purposive sampling technique. The instruments used in this study were test. The data of the research were collected through tests (Pre-Test and Post-Test). The pre-test was given before treatment and post-test was given after treatment. The data collected from pre and post-tests were analyzed by using t paired sample test through SPSS 16.00 shown that sig (0.000 < 0.05). The results found implementation portfolio assessment improve students’ writing skill. Therefore, the hypotheses of this study were accepted. There were significant improvement of students’ writing skill by using portfolio assessment. It can be concluded that the used of portfolio assessment increase students’ writing skill.
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Birgin, Osman, & A. Baki. (2007). The use of portfolio to assess students’ performance. Journal of Turkish Science Education, 4(2).
Brindly, G. (2001). Assessment. In R. Carter, & D. Nunan (Eds). The Cambridge University Guide to Teaching English to Speakers of Other Language, 4th ed (pp.137- 143). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Brown, H. D. (2004). Language Assessment: Principles and Classroom Practices. New York: Pearson Education.
Clemmons, J., Laase, L., Cooper, D., Areglado, N., & Dill, L. (1993). Portfolio in the Classroom: A teacher’s sourcebook. New York: Scholastic Inc.
Columba, L. & Dolgos, K.A. (1995). Portfolio assessment in Mathematics. Reading Improvement, 32 (3): 174-176.
Coombe, C. & Barlow, L. (2004). The reflective portfolio: Two case studies from the United Arab Emirates. English Teaching Forum, 42(I), 18- 23.
Douglas, D. (2000). Assessment Language for Specific Purposes. In J.C. Alderson, & L.F. Bachman (Eds). The Cambridge Language Assessment Series. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Epstein, A. (2005). Introduction to Portfolios. Retrieved March 5th, 2015 from Pearson Education, INC. Web Site: http//www. teachervision. fen. Com/page / 4528.html? Detoured=l
Farr, R. & Tone, B. (1998). Portfolio and Performance Assessment: Helping Students Evaluate Their Progress as Readers and Writers, 2nd ed. United States: Harcourt Brace & Company.
Farr, R. & Tone, B. (1998). Portfolio and Performance Assessment: Helping Students Evaluate Their Progress as Readers and Writers, 2nd ed. United States: Harcourt Brace & Company.
Fleurquin, F. (1998). Seeking authentic changes: New performance-based report cards. English Teaching Forum, 36(2): 45-49.
Gallagher, P. (2001). An evaluation of a standard-based portfolio. Nurse Education Today, 21: 409-416.
Glencoe McGraw-Hill. (2000). Writing Assessment and Evaluation Rubrics Grade 6. New York: McGraw-Hill.
Hake, R.R. (1999). Analyzing Change/Gain Scores. AERA-D-American Educational Research Association’s Division, Measurment and Research Methodology. Tersedia :http://lists.asu.edu/cgibin/wa?A2=ind9903&L=aera-d&P=R6855
Hamp-Lyons, L. & Condon, W. (2007). The Impact of Language Testing Practices on Teaching: Ideologies and Alternative. In J. Cummins & C. Davison (Eds). International Handbook of English Language Teaching: Vol 15. Springer International Handbook of information Technology in Primary and Secondary Education. New York: Springer.
Hancock, C.R. (1994). Alternative Assessment and Second Language Study What and Why? Eric Digest (Online). www.eric.ed.gov ED376695 1994-07-00
Hebert, (1998). Portfolio : More than just a
file : Produced by Saskatchewan Professional Development Unit. (p.2).
Jongsma, K. S. (1989). Portfolio assessment. The Reading Teacher, 43: 264-265.
Khodadady, E. & Khodabakhshzade, H. (2012). The effect of portfolio and self assessment on writing ability and autonomy. Journal of Language Teaching and Research, 3(3): 518-524.
McKay, P. (2006). Assessing Young Language Learner. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Olshtain, E. (2001). Functional Tasks for Mastering the Mechanics of Writing and Going just Beyond. In M. Celce-Murcia (Ed). Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language, 3rd ed. (pp.207-217).
Pierce, L.V. & O'Malley, J.M. (1992). Performance and Portfolio Assessment for Language Minority Students. In NCELA Program Information Guide Series (No.9). Retrieved March 3rd, 2015 from http://www.ncela.gwu.edu/ pubs/pigs/pig9.htm
Popham, W.J. (1994). Classroom Assessment (What Teachers Need To Know), Needham Heights, MA: Allyn & Bacon.
Reid, J. (2002). Writing. In R. Carter, & D. Nunan (Eds). The Cambridge Guide to Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages, 4th ed. (pp.28-33). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Sabrina, A. (2012). Improving the Writing Ability of the Students of Grade VIII at SMPN 14 Yogyakarta in the Academic Year of 2011/2012 through Portfolio Assessment. (Undergraduate Thesis). Yogyakarta: English Education Study Program, Faculty of Languages and Arts. State University of Yogyakarta.
Sabrina, A. 2012. Improving the Writing Ability of the Students of Grade VIII at SMPN 14 Yogyakarta in the Academic Year of 2011/2012 through Portfolio Assessment. (Undergraduate Thesis). Yogyakarta: English Education Study Program, Faculty of Languages and Arts. State University of Yogyakarta.
Sebranek, P., Meyer, V., & Kemper, D. (1992). Writers INC, 3rd ed. Burlington: Write Source Educational Publishing House.
Sweet, D. (1993). Student portfolios: Classroom uses. Consumer Guide, 8: 1-5.
Weiser, I. (1992). Portfolio Practice and Assessment for Collegiate Basic Writers. In K.B. Yancey (Ed). Portfolios in the Writing Classroom: An introduction (pp.89-101). Urbana, IL: National Council of Teachers of English.
Wolf, D. P. (1989). Portfolio assessment: Sampling student work. Educational Leadership, 46(7): 35-39.
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Zuhri Efendi. (2017). IMPROVING STUDENTS’ ABILITY IN WRITING ENGLISH TEACHING BY USING PORTFOLIO ASSESSMENT : (An Experimental Study at SMKN 1 Blang Pidie). Getsempena English Education Journal , 4(2), 152-163. https://doi.org/10.46244/geej.v4i2.748
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