DEVELOPING STUDENTS’ WRITING SKILLS IN THE CLASSROOM THROUGH WRITING WORKSHOP

Abstract

Implementing an appropriate learning model is needed to improve students' writing skills because writing may reflect the writer’s knowledge and there are many other factors that determine the success of achieving good academic writing skills. The purpose of this study was to reveal the effectiveness of collaborative workshop learning model in order to foster students' ability to write
academic papers. The type of this research is classroom action research. Participants in this study were 25 undergraduate students in Indonesian Language education program, Data were collected by observing student learning activities, while tests were conducted to measure students' ability in writing academic papers. Descriptive analysis was conducted to analyze student learning activities and the progress of their scientific paper writing skills. The result shows that the collaborative workshop learning models can improve students' ability to write academic papers. This learning model emphasizes independence in increasing individual abilities and collaboration in creating comfort in the learning process. It turns out to provide satisfying results by increasing student competence and their comfort in learning academic writing