The Influencing Factors Addressed in EFL Essay Writing Class in Indonesia
Dedi Turmudi
Abstract
This research paper discusses a number of key points addressed in teaching essay writing courses of EFL classes in Indonesia. The researcher applied various techniques in teaching, including a newly developed technique called FBFRP (Turmudi 2013) which basically assist(s) learners in self-regulatory process in writing composition (Magno, 2009).
The research goals were to find out some critical points and how each point is qualified among the addressed issues. The primary data were collected with instruments such as tests, reflections, and questionnaires. Thus, the results were a descriptive qualitative with quantitative data output.
The subjects were 100 undergraduate students of English Department enrolled in an essay writing class and the data were the students’ responses on the addressed points formatted in a rating scale questionnaire (Sugiyono, 2009).
There were no statistical inferences reported except for descriptive statistics and logical inferences. The result revealed that none of the components were dominants, but a certain technique as a medium to assist the students’ ability to write computer-based-essay test was needed to develop.
Thus, this research has the same conclusion with that of Magno (2009) hypothesizing that learners of EFL tend to use specific approach to learning and eventually undergo self-regulatory process.