The Effect of Hybrid Task-Based Language Teaching and Critical Thinking on Writing Performance in Indonesia

• Authors: - Tusino , Abdurrachman Faridi , Mursid Saleh , Sri Wuli Fitriati

Abstracts

EN

This study aims to describe the effect of hybrid task-based language teaching and critical thinking skills on writing performance among Indonesian learners. This study employed experimental research with a factorial design. The participants were Indonesian undergraduate learners majoring in an English program. The instruments used were critical thinking questionnaires and writing tests in the genre-based writing course. The results of the study showed that hybridtask-based language teaching was effective for improving EFL learners’ writing performance. Also, it revealed that learners with high critical thinking achieved better writing performance than learners with low critical thinking after being taught by hybrid task-based language teaching. The results indicate that hybrid task-based language teaching and critical thinking have a significant effect on EFL writing performance.

Keywords

EN

hybrid learning; task-based language teaching; critical thinking; writing performance

• Publisher: Wydawnictwo Adam Marszałek
• Journal: The New Educational Review
• Year: 2020
• Volume: 61
• Pages: 109-118

Dates

published

2020

Contributors

author

- Tusino

• Universitas Negeri Semarang

author

Abdurrachman Faridi

• Universitas Negeri Semarang

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Mursid Saleh

• Universitas Negeri Semarang

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Sri Wuli Fitriati

• Universitas Negeri Semarang

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Identifiers

DOI

10.15804/tner.20.61.3.09

Biblioteka Nauki

1963612