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 Volume 11, Issue 9 (September 2024), Pages: 203-213

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 Original Research Paper

The effect of English learning media in improving student's writing skills through the mastery of different discourse markers

 Author(s): 

 Suryadi Suryadi 1, *, Asep Muhyidin 1, Syafrizal Syafrizal 1, Chi Cheng Wu 2, Fajar Erlangga 3

 Affiliation(s):

 1Doctoral degree Program, Sultan Ageng Tirtayasa University, Banten, Indonesia
 2Education Department, Kun Shan University, China Taipei, Taiwan
 3Informatics Department, Indraprastha University, Jakarta, Indonesia

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 * Corresponding Author. 

  Corresponding author's ORCID profile: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2826-043X

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 https://doi.org/10.21833/ijaas.2024.09.022

 Abstract

This research aims to determine the effect of learning media and mastery of discourse markers (DMs) on students' writing skills. Students in Indonesia experience many obstacles in their ability to write English. However, along with changes in students' needs in learning to write, digital-based learning media using Google Word Coach Game and Scrabble Word offers new ways to improve students' writing skills through teaching media Google Word Coach Game and Scrabble Word, learning media integrated with Mastering DMs can help improve students' writing skills. However, previous research still needs to incorporate mastery of DMs with the Google Word Coach Game and Scrabble Word learning media. Therefore, this research looks at how the Google Word Coach Game and Scrabble Word learning media integrated with mastery of DMs can improve students' English writing skills. This research also examines how the interaction between the Google Word Coach Game and Scrabble Word learning media is integrated with mastery of DMs. This research suggests a Google Word Coach Game and Scrabble Word learning media and provides suggestions about the importance of mastering DMs for students in high schools in Indonesia. It also outlines how to test these suggestions and suggests directions for future research.

 © 2024 The Authors. Published by IASE.

 This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).

 Keywords

 Learning media, Discourse markers, Writing skills, Digital tools, English education

 Article history

 Received 15 January 2024, Received in revised form 4 June 2024, Accepted 14 September 2024

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 Ethical considerations

Ethical approval was obtained, and informed consent was secured from all participants. Privacy and confidentiality were maintained, and participation was voluntary.

 Conflict of interest: The author(s) declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article.

 Citation:

 Suryadi S, Muhyidin A, Syafrizal S, Wu CC, and Erlangga F (2024). The effect of English learning media in improving student's writing skills through the mastery of different discourse markers. International Journal of Advanced and Applied Sciences, 11(9): 203-213

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