A STUDY OF ENGLISH WRITING SKILLS OF L2 STUDENTS WITH BLENDED LEARNING APPROACH

Abstract

This study aimed to examine Thai undergraduate students’ English writing proficiency, English writing strategies, and opinions. The researchers designed an English writing instruction framework in a blended learning approach. English writing instruction with a blended learning approach combines face-to-face instruction and online learning. The samples were 35 second-year Thai undergraduate students, Faculty of Education at Buriram Rajabhat University. The findings revealed that the mean score of the pre-test was 10.66, while the mean score of the post-test was 17.37. There was a significant difference at the 0.05 level (p < 0.05) between pre-test and post-test. The results of English writing strategies showed that the students mainly used online websites, online English-Thai-English dictionaries as supported tools. According to the findings of the questionnaire, students were highly satisfied with English writing instruction framework in a blended learning approach. Based on the findings, the researcher concluded that English writing instruction with a blended learning approach positively increased students’ English writing proficiency.

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