The Effect of Guided Writing on Students' Writing Skills

Abstract

The purpose of this research is to explain whether the effect of guided writing can improve the students’ writing skill. The writer conducted in quasi experiment in this research. There are involving two classes for the research, namely experiment class and control class. The experiment class used guided writing as the technique and the control class without using guided writing. Before starting the treatment, the writer giving pre-test to know how far the students’ ability in writing text. After the writer giving the pre-test, the writer give the treatment to the experimental class, in the case the eighth grade students in class 8. The writer applied the technique or treatment of using guided writing. The next meeting the writer gave post-test to find out whether there was significance effect using guided writing technique toward the writing skill students. the result of the study, the researcher drew two conclusions. The first conclusion is that guided writing can significantly improve the students’ writing skill. In this case, the students could correctly construct sentences based on the grammar explained by the researcher. In general, students are encouraged to practice writing as much as possible. The second point to be concluded is that the implementation of guided writing has improved the students motivation in learning writing.

Teacher-Students Collaboration: Using Guided-Writing Instruction to Assist Learners with Writing Difficulties and Low Motivation to Write

“…Thus, the study examined how teacher-student collaboration through guided-writing instruction can help students who struggle with writing and have low motivation. As writing is the most crucial literacy for communication and the most difficult to master (Graham et al, 2014; Palanisamy & Abdul Aziz, 2021; Rasikin, 2021; Sahle et al, 2023), the current study sought to examine the difficulties encountered by Ethiopian 11th-grade students during writing through guided-writing instruction. The new findings of this study revealed that students’ writing difficulties and low motivation to write can be solved using different pedagogical methods, such as guided-writing instruction.…”

“…Guided-writing serves as a transitional instruction between group and individual writing, helping students transition to independent writing with the guidance of teachers (Oyinloye, 2017; Rasikin, 2021; Sajjad et al, 2021). According to Chaboki and Heidar (2019), this professional support enables students to use a range of strategies, such as reading texts, using model texts, utilizing resources for group writing, working collaboratively, and encouraging individual writing.…”

“…Writing ability, writing motivation, and language literacy are all interrelated factors that contribute to students’ academic success. To develop writing skills in the classroom, it is essential to design writing objectives and select various teaching strategies that incorporate different instructional techniques (Ouahidi, 2020; Rasikin, 2021; Sajjad et al, 2021). Studies on writing abilities have demonstrated their importance in effectively developing students’ competence, including collaborative writing, model writing, guided-writing, and narrative writing (Graham, 2019; Rasikin, 2021; Teo et al, 2023).…”

“…To develop writing skills in the classroom, it is essential to design writing objectives and select various teaching strategies that incorporate different instructional techniques (Ouahidi, 2020; Rasikin, 2021; Sajjad et al, 2021). Studies on writing abilities have demonstrated their importance in effectively developing students’ competence, including collaborative writing, model writing, guided-writing, and narrative writing (Graham, 2019; Rasikin, 2021; Teo et al, 2023). However, traditional teaching instruction focuses on explanation rather than having students follow steps one at a time, thus preventing students from achieving the desired outcomes (Klimova, 2014; Rasikin, 2021).…”

How do Students Perceive Guided Writing in Learning Descriptive Text?

“…Producing a written form was difficult since it involved using linguistics features (word spelling, sentence structure, punctuation, etc.) to convey one's ideas, thoughts, opinions, and feelings in a way that could be understood by the reader (Khoiriyah & Rasikin, 2021). In a nutshell, the act of writing was intricate and calls for the use of the right strategy.…”