Enhancing L2 Learners’ English Writing Proficiency through Blended Learning: A Case Study of Thai Undergraduate Students
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Writing is a significant skill in English as a foreign language. It is considered as a challenging skill, particularly for L2 learners. To improve their writing proficiency, integrating writing instruction with blended learning has been considered an alternative approach. The objective of this study was to investigate Thai undergraduates’ writing proficiency before and after implementing writing instruction with blended learning combined with face-to-face instruction and online instruction via the online educational platform (Google Classroom) based on a writing course with five-week lesson plans. The study was conducted by using a one-group pretest-posttest design. The samples were 35 second-year undergraduates in academic year 2019-2020 in Faculty of Education at Buriram Rajabhat University, selected by purposive sampling method. The data obtained from pre-test and post-test were statistically analyzed by using means, standard deviation and t-test analysis.
The results indicated that the mean score of the post-test was higher than the pre-test with significant difference at 0.05 level (p < 0.05). Five criteria measured English writing proficiency outcomes: 1) organization, 2) content, 3) grammatical accuracy, 4) mechanics and 5) conclusion. The results revealed a significant improvement in all five criteria, concluding that Thai undergraduates’ writing proficiency was improved after learning with blended learning.
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เนื้อหาและข้อมูลในบทความที่ลงตีพิมพ์ในวารสารทดสอบระบบ ThaiJo2 ถือเป็นข้อคิดเห็นและความรับผิดชอบของผู้เขียนบทความโดยตรงซึ่งกองบรรณาธิการวารสาร ไม่จำเป็นต้องเห็นด้วย หรือร่วมรับผิดชอบใดๆ
บทความ ข้อมูล เนื้อหา รูปภาพ ฯลฯ ที่ได้รับการตีพิมพ์ในวารสารทดสอบระบบ ThaiJo2 ถือเป็นลิขสิทธิ์ของวารสารทดสอบระบบ ThaiJo2 หากบุคคลหรือหน่วยงานใดต้องการนำทั้งหมดหรือส่วนหนึ่งส่วนใดไปเผยแพร่ต่อหรือเพื่อกระทำการใดๆ จะต้องได้รับอนุญาตเป็นลายลักอักษรจากวารสารทดสอบระบบ ThaiJo2 ก่อนเท่านั้น
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