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Improving efl learners’ personal narrative writing skills by using writing process-based approach in padlet

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Vélez Padrón, Stefhanya
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This study aimed at implementing the writing process-based approach (WPBA) in Padlet to improve writing skills, particularly in the genre of personal narratives. A classroom action research, was conducted to achieve this purpose with 7 students of 10th grade in a private school in Monteria for 4 months, enrolled in activities as extracurricular classes. A diagnostic activity and two cycles were implemented to improve e learner’s writing using the WPBA approach. Data was collected from writing tasks, the diary of the researcher, and class observations. Findings showed that the implementation of WPBA in padlet can be useful in the development of students’ writing skills in personal narratives. students’ writing performance improved particularly in terms of vocabulary use, grammar accuracy, coherence, and sentence structure, as well as the general structure of the personal narrative texts.
 
Introduction................................................................................................................................1
 
Theoretical framework...............................................................................................................5
 
Conceptual framework ...........................................................................................................5
 
Writing................................................................................................................................5
 
Narrative paragraph ............................................................................................................6
 
Personal writing..................................................................................................................7
 
Writing process...................................................................................................................7
 
Writing process approach ...................................................................................................8
 
Components of writing .....................................................................................................10
 
Assessing writing..............................................................................................................13
 
Literature review ..................................................................................................................14
 
Studies related with the uses of WPBA in the development of writing skills..................14
 
Padlet in writing skills development ................................................................................17
 
Methodology............................................................................................................................19
 
Type of the Study. ................................................................................................................19
 
Context and Participants.......................................................................................................21
 
Data Collection Procedures..................................................................................................22
 
Production tasks................................................................................................................22
 
Diaries...............................................................................................................................23
 
Observation.......................................................................................................................24
 
Procedure..............................................................................................................................24
 
Diagnosis cycle.................................................................................................................24
 
Cycle I...............................................................................................................................25
 
Stages ...................................................................................................................................26
 
Planning................................................................................................................................26
 
Cycle 2..............................................................................................................................28
 
Stages ...................................................................................................................................29
 
Planning................................................................................................................................29
 
Data Analysis .......................................................................................................................30
 
Findings....................................................................................................................................32
 
Research question.................................................................................................................32
 
General Findings..................................................................................................................32
 
Discussion................................................................................................................................41
 
Using WPBA to develop writing skills................................................................................41
 
The usefulness of padlet in developing writing skills..........................................................42
 
Conclusion ...............................................................................................................................45
 
Contributions of the study to the field of ELT materials development................................46
 
Limitations of the study........................................................................................................46
 
Further areas of research ......................................................................................................47
 
Appendixes ..............................................................................................................................52
 
Appendix A ..........................................................................................................................52
 
Rubric taken from teach starter https://www.teachstarter.com/us/teaching resource/assessment-rubric-narrative-writing-us/...............................................................55
 
Appendix b example of one of the products of pre-task ......................................................55
 
Appendix C diagnosis cycle students activity......................................................................56
 
Appendix I cycle #1 activities and cycle 2..........................................................................58
 
Appendix J............................................................................................................................58
 
student #2 .............................................................................................................................60
 
Diagnosis cycle ....................................................................................................................60
 
final paper.............................................................................................................................61
 
cycle II..................................................................................................................................61
 
Appendixes D lesson plan....................................................................................................62
 
Appendix E lesson plan........................................................................................................65
 
Appendixes f lesson plan......................................................................................................67
 
Appendixes E pictures of the classes ...................................................................................70
 
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