ERIC Number: EJ1467618
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2025
Pages: 30
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Mobile-Mediated Dynamic Assessment to Enhance Students' ESP Writing Skills
JALT CALL Journal, v21 n1 Article 1212 2025
The study aims to examine the effectiveness of mobile-mediated Dynamic Assessment using a WhatsApp group to improve student's writing skills in English for Specific Purposes classrooms. Furthermore, it also investigates the students' responses toward the mediating practices through the Dynamic Assessment activities. Thirty-one students of the English Diploma program in a public university in Indonesia participated in the study. The study employed a mixed-method explanatory sequential design. The data were gathered through pre-test, post-test, and observation of online records. A paired sample t-test and an independent sample t-test were utilized to find out the significance. The Reciprocity Framework was used to analyze the students' responses to the mediating practices. The results show that mobile-mediated Dynamic Assessment effectively enhances students' writing skills. Furthermore, the reciprocity analysis showed that the mediating process provides a convenient and less intimidating platform to respond to the teachers' feedback. Moreover, the activity provides a platform for students to collaboratively improve their mastery in composing writing.
Descriptors: Telecommunications, Handheld Devices, Undergraduate Students, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Foreign Countries, College Second Language Programs, Computer Software, Student Evaluation, Evaluation Methods, Feedback (Response), English for Special Purposes, Writing Skills, Writing Instruction, Instructional Effectiveness, Writing Improvement, Cooperative Learning
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Indonesia
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