An Investigation of Students' Writing Skills: A Study of The Four-Square Writing Approach

Authors

  • Amiruddin Institut Agama Islam As'adiyah Sengkang, Indonesia
  • Fadel Muslaini Universitas Dipa Makassar, Indonesia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.51574/ijrer.v1i2.337

Keywords:

Four-square Approach, Writing Skills, English Education

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to see if using the 4-square method improves the writing skills of IAI As'adiyah Sengkang's fifth-semester English students. A pre-experimental design was used in this study. The population of this study was IAI As'adiyah Sengkang's English education. The data was gathered using the pre-test and post-test methods. The findings of this study show that the 4-Square approach considerably improved the writing skills of IAI As'adiyah Sengkang's English education. This was demonstrated by the paired-sample t-test result, which revealed that the probability value (0.00) was less than the level of significance (0.05), showing a significant difference between the pre-test and post-test findings. As a result, the 4-square technique helped pupils enhance their writing skills in terms of grammar, content, punctuation, and spelling.

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2022-03-27

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Amiruddin, & Muslaini, F. (2022). An Investigation of Students’ Writing Skills: A Study of The Four-Square Writing Approach. ETDC: Indonesian Journal of Research and Educational Review , 1(2), 184–191. https://doi.org/10.51574/ijrer.v1i2.337

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