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In teaching writing, media is an essential aspect This research discovers students’ perception on weblogs as an educational tool in writing class in order to improving students’ writing skill. This quantitative research discussed 30 English Foreign Language (EFL) students. In obtaining the data, the thirty students of 8th semester at English Study Program of IAIN Curup were given a set of questionnaire to get students’ response on weblogs. After obtaining the data, the researcher analyzes the students response by counting its frequency and percentage. The findings of this research Indicated that the majority of students have positive perception on weblogs based on five indicators that is provided by researcher, those are: students confidence to write, writing skill improvement, Information and Communication Technology experience and knowledge, critical thinking promotion and accessible aspect. This research revealed that students give positive response to the use of weblogs as a medium in writing class. Furthermore, students also prefer to do their assignment on blog rather than write conventionally on paper. Findings of this research also advise the English teacher and lecturer to consider weblogs as medium and learning tool in school and university since it can encourage students’ writing achievement. The researcher also provide conclusion in this article.
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Alsubaie, A., & Madini, A. A. (2018). The effect of using blogs to enhance the writing skill of English language learners at a Saudi university. Global Journal of Educational Studies, 4(1), 13-30.
Anshori, S., & Edy, S. (2019). Eksistensi English Zone Sebagai Media Penerapan Kemampuan Berbahasa Inggris Mahasiswa Program Studi Tadris Bahasa Inggris IAIN CURUP. Cendekia: Jurnal Kependidikan Dan Kemasyarakatan, 17(2), 317-332.
Apriani, E. (2016). A New Literacy: The role of technology to develop student’s character. Ta’dib: Journal of Islamic Education (Jurnal Pendidikan Islam), 21(1), 59-72.
Chan, K. K., & Ridgway, J. (2006). Students’ perception of using blogs as a tool for reflection and communication. Poster presented at ALT-C.
Drexler, W., Dawson, K., & Ferdig, R. E. (2007). Collaborative blogging as a means to develop elementary expository writing skills. Electronic Journal for the Integration of Technology in Education, 6, 140.
Fageeh, A. I. (2011). EFL learners’ use of blogging for developing writing skills and enhancing attitudes towards English learning: An exploratory study. Journal of Language and Literature, 2(1), 31-48.
Fraenkel and Wallen. 2009. How to Design and Evaluate Research in Education (7th Ed), New York, NY: McGraw-Hill, Inc.
Fischer, M. A., Haley, H. L., Saarinen, C. L., & Chretien, K. C. (2011). Comparison of blogged and written reflections in two medicine clerkships. Medical education, 45(2), 166-175.
Handcock. B. 1998. Trent Afaocus for The Research and Developing in Primary Health Care: An Introduction to Quantitative Research.
Javid, C., & Umer, M. (2014). Saudi EFL learners’ writing problems: a move towards solution. Proceeding of the Global Summit on Education GSE, 4-5.
John W. Cresswel. 2012. Educational Research: Planning, Conducting, and Evaluating Quantitative and Qualitative Research Fourth Edition, USA: Pearson Education.
Kirk, D. J., & Johnson, T. L. (2009). The use of blogs as a knowledge management tool. Academic Exchange Quarterly, 13(4), 50.
Kuimova, M. V., & Zvekov, O. D. (2016). Blogs as a means to enhance writing skills in EFL classes. International Journal of Emerging Technologies in Learning (iJET), 11(04), 157-160.
Lebanon, B. Effect of Using the Blog Educational Tool on Writing Achievement and Motivation for Legal Writing.
Noytim, U. (2010). Weblogs enhancing EFL students’ English language learning. Procedia-Social and Behavioral Sciences, 2(2), 1127-1132.
Rahmawati, I. N., Syafryadin, S., & Widiastuti, R. (2019). Teaching Narrative Writing Using Freaky Fables Game: An Experimentation. English Education: Jurnal Tadris Bahasa Inggris, 12(2), 147-155.
Richard Et al. 1992. Longman Dictionary of Applied Linguistic, Hongkong: Longman Ltd.
Richardson, W. (2010). Blogs, wikis, podcasts, and other powerful web tools for classrooms. Corwin press.
Sugiyono. 2010. Metode Penelitian Kualitatif, Kuantitatif dan Rnb, Bandung: Alfabeta.
Wan, J., & Tan, B. H. (2011). Weblogs for English Language Learning: Students' Perceptions. Turkish Online Journal of Distance Education, 12(4), 115-132.
Zamel, V. (1982). Writing: The process of discovering meaning. TESOL quarterly, 16(2), 195-209.
Zhang, D. (2009). The application of blog in English writing.