The Use of Reflective Writing to Improve Students’ Writing and Critical Thinking Skills

Sani, Siti Mutiara and Kurniawati, Nia and Nurwanti, Dahlya Indra (2018) The Use of Reflective Writing to Improve Students’ Writing and Critical Thinking Skills. In: The Tenth Conference on Applied Linguistics and The Second English Language Teaching and Technology Conference in collaboration with The First International Conference on Language, Literature, Culture, and Education - CONAPLIN and ICOLLITE, 22-23 November 2017, Bandung, Indonesia.

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Abstract

Writing represents individual's way of thinking. Grammar and style are important in writing, but it is also necessary to focus on the value that flows through every sentence and paragraph. Both writing and thinking could be practiced through Reflective Writing (RW). RW facilitates the individual to sharpen general writing and writing reflection. The research aims to describe and analyze the students’ writing skill by making RW. Specifically, this research is conducted to find out whether or not Reflective Writing (RW) could improve students both in the aspect of general writing and writing reflection. This is qualitative research, particularly a case study. The three participants are selected purposively by considering the first draft of RW. The instruments to collect the data are document analysis and interview. The result shows that all participants improved in their general writing, especially on content, organization, grammar, vocabulary, and mechanics. In making reflection, two participants improve to the higher level of reflection. The research is necessary for teaching EFL writing in Indonesian context in which RW is still considered a new way to teach the students writing and thinking skills

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