Edmodo Engaging and Students’ Motivation Toward Students’ Writing Ability

Abstract

This study aimed to investigate the influenceof Edmodo Engaging and Students‟ Motivation Toward Students‟ Writing Ability at English Department of STAI Hubbulwathan Duri. It was a correlational research design. Then, it also involved 13 students as a sample. Three hypotheses were posed in this study firstly to find out the influence of Edmodo toward students‟ writing ability. Secondly, students‟ motivation toward students‟ writing ability. The last Edmodo engaging and students‟ motivation toward students‟ writing ability. The research findings showed that there was an influence of Edmodo engaging and students‟ motivation toward students‟writing ability of English Department of STAI Hubbulwathan Duri in academic year 2017/2018. This study used SPSS to analyze the data. The data were correlated by using Pearson Product Moment Correlation (SPSS). Then, the level significance 5% = 0.05 because this study used oral test and Significant F change = 0.024. The degree of correlation between Edmodo and students‟ motivation toward students‟ writing ability is 0.726. Category between 0.5 ≤ r <0.726 is strong. So, based on coefficient correlation (r) value from the formula, 0.726 is strong. It showed that the hypothesis alternative (Ha3) was accepted. In conclusion, Edmodo Engaging and students‟ motivation had a strong contribution to students‟ writing ability.