Kemampuan Mahasiswa dalam Mengkonstruksi Paragraf di Era Digital
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https://doi.org/10.35194/alinea.v14i2.4964Abstract
Writing skills play an important role in supporting academic and professional communication, especially in the technology-dominated digital era. This study uses a qualitative approach to analyse students' ability to structure paragraphs, discover their strengths and weaknesses, and explore the influence of digital technology in learning to write. The findings show that students face challenges in constructing topic sentences, developing ideas, and stringing together relevant supporting sentences. Digital media, such as social media and blended learning, help them understand different types of writing, but the quality of the paragraphs produced has not met academic standards. The use of digital technologies, including platforms such as Facebook, improved students' motivation and writing performance and helped distinguish between informal and formal writing. The blended technology-based learning approach is effective in gradually improving writing skills, although further strategies are needed to ensure the quality of writing meets academic standards in the digital era. This research makes a novel contribution by presenting an innovative approach that leverages specific digital platforms, such as Facebook, supplemented with metadata to analyse its impact on the development of academic writing skills. Keywords: paragraph writing skills; learning; technology Abstrak Keterampilan menulis memiliki peran penting dalam mendukung komunikasi akademik dan profesional, terutama di era digital yang didominasi teknologi. Penelitian ini menggunakan pendekatan kualitatif untuk menganalisis kemampuan mahasiswa dalam menyusun paragraf, menemukan kelebihan dan kelemahan mereka, serta mengeksplorasi pengaruh teknologi digital dalam pembelajaran menulis. Temuan menunjukkan bahwa mahasiswa menghadapi tantangan dalam menyusun kalimat topik, mengembangkan ide, dan merangkai kalimat pendukung yang relevan. Media digital, seperti media sosial dan pembelajaran campuran, membantu mereka memahami berbagai jenis tulisan, tetapi kualitas paragraf yang dihasilkan belum memenuhi standar akademik. Penggunaan teknologi digital, termasuk platform seperti Facebook, meningkatkan motivasi dan performa menulis mahasiswa serta membantu membedakan tulisan informal dan formal. Pendekatan pembelajaran berbasis teknologi campuran efektif dalam meningkatkan keterampilan menulis secara bertahap, meskipun diperlukan strategi lebih lanjut untuk memastikan kualitas tulisan memenuhi standar akademik di era digital. Penelitian ini memberikan kontribusi baru dengan menghadirkan pendekatan inovatif yang memanfaatkan platform digital tertentu, seperti Facebook, yang dilengkapi dengan metadata untuk menganalisis dampaknya terhadap pengembangan keterampilan menulis akademik. Katakunci: keterampilan menulis paragraf; pembelajaran; teknologi _______References
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Creswell, J. W., & Poth, C. N. (2018). Qualitative inquiry and research design: Choosing among five approaches (4th ed.). SAGE Publications.
Darmawati. (2021). Analisis Kohesi dan Koherensi Karangan Mahasiswa Informatika Kelas 1D Universitas Cokroaminoto Palopo. Jurnal Onoma: Pendidikan, Bahasa dan Sastra. https://doi.org/10.30605/onoma.v7i1.1183
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Deriansyah, R., Febiani, N. N., Yuliani, A. I., Aqilah, S., Zanuba, A., Maulidina, E., & Prayogi, A. (2022). Sosialisasi Literasi Dasar Bagi Mahasiswa Baru UIN KH Abdurrahman Wahid Pekalongan.Jubaedah: Jurnal Pengabdian dan Edukasi Sekolah (Indonesian Journal of Community Services and School Education),2(3), 235-245.
Gezahegn, T. H., & Beyene, K. (2020). The Effect of Facebook Writing Group on Ethiopian Secondary School Students’ Writing Performance and Quality of Paragraphs. Ethiopian Journal of Business and Social Science. https://doi.org/10.59122/13454c9
Harahap, S. H., et al. (2024). Meningkatkan keterampilan menulis pada mahasiswa semester pertama dengan fokus pada elemen penulisan yang baik. IJEDR. Diakses dari https://rayyanjurnal.com/index.php/IJEDR/article/download/1728/pdf.
Juanda, Azis, & Djumingin, S. (2024). Comparative Study of Local Wisdom Comprehension in Short Stories Between College Students and Ai Chatbots (Chatgpt and Gemini). Journal of Theoretical and Applied Information Technology, 102(18), 6659–6668.
Juanda, Afandi, I., & Yunus, A. F. (2024). Digital Short Story Literacy and the Character of Environmentally Concerned Students. Journal of Language Teaching and Research, 15(2), 415–427. https://doi.org/10.17507/jltr.1502.10
Juanda, & Afandi, I. (2024). Assessing text comprehension proficiency: Indonesian higher education students vs ChatGPT. XLinguae, 17(1), 49–68. https://doi.org/10.18355/XL.2024.17.01.04
Kent, S., & Wanzek, J. (2016). The Relationship Between Component Skills and Writing Quality and Production Across Developmental Levels. Review of Educational Research, 86, 570–601. https://doi.org/10.3102/0034654315619491
Khairiza, A. G. (2024). Peningkatan kemampuan membaca dan menulis melalui paragraf persuasif pada mahasiswa Universitas Islam Sumatera Utara. Jurnal Dialect. Diakses dari https://jurnal.dharmawangsa.ac.id/index.php/dialect/article/view/4633/0.
Kurniawan, F., & Lestari, S. (2024). Peran pembelajaran kolaboratif dalam meningkatkan kemampuan menulis paragraf. Jurnal Pendidikan Multidisiplin.
Li, K., Razali, A. B., Samad, A. Abd., & Noordin, N. (2020). Effects of Digital Writing Software as a Tool for Process Approach to Writing on Teacher Trainees’ Academic Writing Performance. The Journal of AsiaTEFL. https://doi.org/10.18823/ASIATEFL.2020.17.4.12.1346
Liu, J. (2022). How writing works: a field guide to effective academic writing. Educational Review, 75, 1030. https://doi.org/10.1080/00131911.2022.2147287
Nugraha, V., Permana, I., & Permana, A. (2018).Pembelajaran Menulis Resensi Novel Pertemuan Dua Hati dan Laskar Pelangi Menggunakan Teknik Comparing. Jurnal Ilmiah P2M STKIP Siliwangi, 5(2), 55-61.
Nkhi, S. E. (2023). An Investigation into the Impact of Digital Social Media on the Writing and Speaking Skills of Tertiary Level Students in one Institution in Lesotho. J-SHMIC?: Journal of English for Academic. https://doi.org/10.25299/jshmic.2023.vol10(1).11784
Parrella, J., Leggette, H., & Redwine, T. (2021). Measuring the correlation between digital media usage and students’ perceived writing ability: Are they related? Research in Learning Technology, 29. https://doi.org/10.25304/RLT.V29.2506
Relles, S., & Tierney, W. (2013). Understanding the Writing Habits of Tomorrow’s Students: Technology and College Readiness. The Journal of Higher Education, 84, 477–505. https://doi.org/10.1080/00221546.2013.11777299
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Santoso, A., & Prabowo, H. (2024). Peningkatan kemampuan menulis paragraf argumentatif melalui media digital. Jurnal Teknologi Pendidikan.
Sari, D., & Handayani, R. (2024). Keterampilan menulis paragraf mahasiswa: Analisis kualitas dan struktur. Jurnal Linguistik Terapan.
Sariasih, Y. (2024). Keterampilan menulis rekomendasi artikel ilmiah jurnal online melalui Google Form. Jurnal Pembelajaran Bahasa dan Sastra. Diakses dari https://doi.org/10.55909/jpbs.v3i4.217.
Sebayang, R., & Ginting, H. (2024). Analisis kesalahan penulisan dan pengembangan paragraf pada mahasiswa. Jurnal Pendidikan dan Pembelajaran Indonesia.
Tanr?kulu, F. (2020). Students’ perceptions about the effects of collaborative digital storytelling on writing skills. Computer Assisted Language Learning, 35, 1090–1105. https://doi.org/10.1080/09588221.2020.1774611
Tamsiruddin & Juanda, 2023. ). Peran Media Sosial dalam Pemerolehan Bahasa Remaja (Studi Kasus di UPTD SMP Negeri 1 Parepare, Sulawesi Selatan) Jurnal Onoma: Pendidikan, Bahasa dan Sastra, Vol. 9, No. 1, 149.
Titova, S. (2023). Teaching foreign language writing skills in the digital environment of the university. Tambov University Review. Series: Humanities. https://doi.org/10.20310/10.20310/1810-0201-2023-28-2-302-316
Titova, S. (2023). Teaching foreign language writing skills in the digital environment of the university. Tambov University Review. Series: Humanities. https://doi.org/10.20310/10.20310/1810-0201-2023-28-2-302-316
Vygotsky, L. S. (1978). Mind in society: The development of higher psychological processes. Harvard University Press.
Warahan. (2024). Pengaruh penggunaan metode pembelajaran inkuiri terhadap kemampuan menulis deskripsi. Diakses dari http://eskripsi.stkippgribl.ac.id/index.php/warahan/article/view/982.
Yamin, M. (2019). Learning From Students’ Experiences in Writing Paragraph. Metathesis: Journal of English Language, Literature, and Teaching. https://doi.org/10.31002/metathesis.v3i2.1736
Yang, Y.-F. (2016). Transforming and constructing academic knowledge through online peer feedback in summary writing. Computer Assisted Language
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