Self-Assessment on Students Writing Activities Using Cultural Language Learning Approach
Hermayawati Hermayawati
Universitas Mercu Buana Yogyakarta
Abstract
This article portrays self-assessment on writing (SAW) activities of the second semester students of English Education using Cultural Language Learning Approach (CLLA). CLLA is in this case, an approach for English Teaching by utilizing traditional cultures as the materials. In this case, the selected human puppets (HP) stories are accessed from the YouTube as both media and teaching materials. This is intended to prevent the HP from extinction. The study employed accessing, understanding, rewriting and assessing (AURA) procedure. Results of activities conducted by 30 participants are compiled to obtain the primary data in the form of paragraph writing assignments and the SAW results. The secondary data is in the form of classroom observation regarding the SAW activities using the defined scoring rubrics. The first data is analyzed using Triangulation Design Convergence Model of McMillan and Schumacher, while the latter is analyzed using scoring rubrics. The analysis results of both quantitative and qualitative data are compared and interpreted as the findings that are expected to be beneficial both practically and theoretically for the next relevant practitioners and researchers.
Keywords: CLLA, SAW, human puppets, data, triangulation
Topic: International Conference of English Language Teaching, Literature & Linguistics