This research was conducted in New English Course (NEC) by applying
pre-experimental design that consisted of 5 students. This study used blended
learning method to teach writing, especially paragraph comparison and contrast. It
consisted of 6 meetings where each offline and online class had 3 meetings. This
aimed to see whether the students’ writing ability could improve or not. The data
were collected from pre-test and post-test. Both of those tests, students were asked
to write comparison and contrast paragraphs based on the specific topic. Content,
organization, vocabulary, language use and mechanics were the criteria for
accumulating the students' writing score. Based on the data, the result indicated an
increasing of students’ score. In the pre-test, most of students had low scores but
after giving treatments to the students, there was an increase in the students’ post-
test scores. Another comparison that showed the improvement of students' writing
could be seen from the mean score and t-test. The mean score of the pre-test
was 70.60 higher than the post test, 84.80. In addition, the t-test result was higher
than the t-table, namely 7,443 > 2,132. Therefore, using blended learning method
can enhance the students' writing achievement which is in line with the hypothesis
test where H1 is accepted and H0 is rejected.
A. Conclusion
This research taught writing by combining online and conventional
classes or it is called blended learning. The data that had been collected from
the students 'pre-test and post-test score shows an enhancement in students'
writing skills. In the pre-test, most of students had low scores. 4 (80%) out of 5
students were classified in fair score while 1 student (20%) got good score.
However, after giving treatments to the students, there was an increase in the
post-test scores compared to the pre-test scores. In the post-test, 2 (40%)
students got a very good score and 3 (60%) students were in the good
classification. None of the students got the poor and very poor classification
In addition, the mean score in the pre-test and post-test also increased.
The result of the pre-test was 70.60 which higher than the post-test, 84.80. The
t-test result was also higher than the t-table, which was 7,443 > 2,132.
Therefore, the use of the blended learning method can increase the students’
writing achievement.
B. Suggestion
Based on the conclusion above, the researcher would like to offer some
suggestions for teachers, students, and further researchers.
1. The teachers should be able to take advantages of technological
developments to teach material to students and be able to process material
creatively.
2. The students should be able to maximize technology facilities properly to
learn new things.
3. Future researchers are expected to be able to create creative ways to
develop science, not just English.

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