The Influence of Using Wattpad on Students' Writing Skills

Shafira, Citra Dea (2022) The Influence of Using Wattpad on Students' Writing Skills. Undergraduate (S1) thesis, IAIN Kediri.

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Abstract

The research aims to determine the influence of using Wattpad on students' writing skills. Based on the current pandemic's effect, media is always employed in the teaching and learning process. Wattpad is one of the media that may be used to teach writing, specifically Wattpad can be used to train students' writing skills. This quantitative research uses a quasi-experimental design. This research population consists of tenth-grade students of SMK Muhammadiyah 2 Kediri. Meanwhile, the sample for this research consisted of 36 students divided into two classes. TKJ 1 is the experimental group, while TKJ 2 is the control group; both groups include 18 students. The researcher conducted a test that included a pre-test and a post-test to collect data. The data was gathered by using IBM SPSS Statistics 24 Version and was analyzed using ANCOVA. The results of this study showed that using Wattpad has a significant influence on students' writing skills. This is seen in an improvement in students' pre-test and post-test results. The experimental group had a mean pre-test score of 72.25, whereas the control group received a mean score of 72.38. Meanwhile, the experimental group had a mean score of 79.11, whereas the control group received a mean score of 76.80. Furthermore, the Null Hypothesis (Ho) is rejected, whereas the Alternative Hypothesis (Ha) is accepted with a significant value of 0.003, which is less than 0.05. This concluded that when a treatment is held using Wattpad as a learning media, there is a significant influence on students' writing skills.

Item Type:	Thesis (Skripsi, Tesis, Disertasi) (Undergraduate (S1))
Subjects:	13 EDUCATION (Pendidikan) > 1303 Specialist Studies In Education > 130303 Education Assessment and Evaluation (Penilaian dan Evaluasi Pendidikan)
Divisions:	Fakultas Tarbiyah > Jurusan Tadris Bahasa Inggris
Depositing User:	Citra Dea Shafira
Date Deposited:	27 Sep 2022 03:13
Last Modified:	27 Sep 2022 03:13
URI:	https://etheses.iainkediri.ac.id:80/id/eprint/6301

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