TABLE OF CONTENTS

APPROVAL SHEET........................................................................................................i

DECLARATION.............................................................................................................ii

DEDICATION................................................................................................................iii

ABSTRACT....................................................................................................................iv

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS............................................................................................v

TABLE OF CONTENTS..............................................................................................vii

LIST OF TABLES...........................................................................................................x

LIST OF FIGURES........................................................................................................xi
CHAPTER I: INTRODUCTION…………...................................................................1
1.1 Background of the Study.......................................................................................1
1.2 Research Novelty ..................................................................................................6
1.3 Research Question.................................................................................................9
1.4 The Objective of the Study..................................................................................10
1.5 The Significances of the Study............................................................................10
CHAPTER II: REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE REVIEW...................... 11
2.1 The Use of Technology in Language Teaching.................................................. 11
2.2 Approaches to Teaching EFL Writing................................................................ 12
2.3 Blended Learning Approach in Teaching Foreign Languages...........................13
2.4 Writing through Blended Learning.....................................................................15
2.5 ClassDojo as Educational Technology............................................................... 18
2.6 ClassDojo Possesses The Potential to Enhance Writing Skills.......................... 29
2.7 ClassDojo Help Teachers to Attract Students’ Interest in Learning English.....33
CHAPTER III: RESEARCH METHODOLOGY..................................................... 36
3.1 Research Design................................................................................................... 36
3.2 Population and Sample......................................................................................... 39
3.3 Research Instruments........................................................................................... 41
3.3.1 Test............................................................................................................. 41
 3.3.2 Questionnaire............................................................................................. 42
3.3.3. Interview................................................................................................... 43
3.4 Data Collection Procedure................................................................................... 45
3.4.1 Experimental Group Setting...................................................................... 45
3.4.2 Control Group Setting................................................................................ 46
3.5 Technique of Data Analyzing.............................................................................. 47
3.6 Trustworthiness.................................................................................................... 48
CHAPTER IV: FINDINGS AND DISCUSSION....................................................... 49
4.1 Findings................................................................................................................ 49
4.1.1 The Effect of ClassDojo Application on the students’ writing skill.................51
4.1.2 The Benefits of ClassDojo in terms of writing skill improvement for students
....................................................................................................................................57
4.1.3 The Students’ Perception related to the Application of ClassDojo in writing
class..................................................................................................................60
4.2. Discussion...........................................................................................................66
4.2.1 The impact of ClassDojo application in EFL Classroom to improve
students writing skill........................................................................................67
4.2.2 The students’ perception on ClassDojo application related to writing skill
and their perception..........................................................................................69
CHAPTER V: CONCLUSSION AND RECOMMENDATION...............................71

5.1 Conclusion…......................................................................................................71

5.2 Recommendation................................................................................................72
References...................................................................................................................... 74
Appendix 1 Pre-test and Post-test writing in Treatment Group...............................80

Appendix 2 Questionaire Guidelines...........................................................................81

Appendix 3 Interview instrument with teachers and students..................................84

Appendix 4 Demographics and Background..............................................................86

Appendix 5 Writing Test Result in Treatment Group...............................................92

Appendix 5 Writing Test Result in Control Group....................................................93

 LIST OF TABLES

Table Tittle Pages

4.1 Group Descriptive of Pre-test Writing.............................................52

4.2 Pre-test Descriptive..........................................................................52
4.3 Homogeneity of Variances Tests.....................................................53
4.4 Normality Test of Pre-Test Writing.................................................54
4.5 Group Descriptive of Post-test Writing............................................55
4.6 Normality Test of Post-test Writing.................................................55
4.7 Homogeneity....................................................................................56
4.8 Post-test writing...............................................................................57
 LIST OF FIGURES

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1. Sign up for ClassDojo....................................................................20

2. Features Available in Toolkit.........................................................22
3. Examples of Avatar Elements in ClassDojo..................................25
4. Examples of Challenge Elements in ClassDojo.............................26
5. Points in ClassDojo........................................................................26
6. Example of Leaderboard Elements in Classdojo...........................27
7. Example of Badge Elements in ClassDojo.....................................28
8. Examples of Feedback Elements in ClassDojo .............................29
9. Examples of Progress Graph Elements in ClassDojo....................29
10. Research Procedures.......................................................................45
11. English Proficiency.........................................................................51
12. Normality Test................................................................................54
13. Normality Test Plot........................................................................56
14. ClassDojo app as a Medium to Improve Writing Skills.................60
15. Writing material available in ClassDojo........................................62
16. ClassDojo in Showing the Mistakes…………………………….. 64