The Effectiveness of Electronic Tutorial in Helping Learners Improve Their Writing Skills in English (An Exploratory Study)

Karnedi, (2004) The Effectiveness of Electronic Tutorial in Helping Learners Improve Their Writing Skills in English (An Exploratory Study). In: Seminar Nasional UT - SEAMOLEC 2004, 2-3 September 2004, Universitas Terbuka.

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Abstract

This article reports on the effectiveness of electronic mail (e-mail) in assisting learners of English to develop their writing abilities. E-mail provides a number of facilities, which can help students of the Indonesia Open University (Universitas Terbuka/UT) improve their abilities as well as raising their confidence in writing English composition. Writing in itself is often considered as a process in a sense that it involves four main stages i.e. pre-writing, drafting, revising and editing. These four main steps seem to be applicable for paper-based writing as well as for e-mail. As far as distance-learning is concerned, these two aspects can be integrated into electronic-based tutorials, as opposed to face-to-face ones. Although there are some constraints, both from UT's and student's points of view, the advantages of electronic tutorial using e-mail still outweigh their disadvantages.

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