Lorduy Arellano, DanilsaVélez Padrón, Stefhanya2022-11-182022-11-182022-11-18https://repositorio.unicordoba.edu.co/handle/ucordoba/6829This study aimed at implementing the writing process-based approach (WPBA) in Padlet to improve writing skills, particularly in the genre of personal narratives. A classroom action research, was conducted to achieve this purpose with 7 students of 10th grade in a private school in Monteria for 4 months, enrolled in activities as extracurricular classes. A diagnostic activity and two cycles were implemented to improve e learner’s writing using the WPBA approach. Data was collected from writing tasks, the diary of the researcher, and class observations. Findings showed that the implementation of WPBA in padlet can be useful in the development of students’ writing skills in personal narratives. students’ writing performance improved particularly in terms of vocabulary use, grammar accuracy, coherence, and sentence structure, as well as the general structure of the personal narrative texts.Introduction................................................................................................................................1Theoretical framework...............................................................................................................5Conceptual framework ...........................................................................................................5Writing................................................................................................................................5Narrative paragraph ............................................................................................................6Personal writing..................................................................................................................7Writing process...................................................................................................................7Writing process approach ...................................................................................................8Components of writing .....................................................................................................10Assessing writing..............................................................................................................13Literature review ..................................................................................................................14Studies related with the uses of WPBA in the development of writing skills..................14Padlet in writing skills development ................................................................................17Methodology............................................................................................................................19Type of the Study. ................................................................................................................19Context and Participants.......................................................................................................21Data Collection Procedures..................................................................................................22Production tasks................................................................................................................22Diaries...............................................................................................................................23Observation.......................................................................................................................24Procedure..............................................................................................................................24Diagnosis cycle.................................................................................................................24Cycle I...............................................................................................................................25Stages ...................................................................................................................................26Planning................................................................................................................................26Cycle 2..............................................................................................................................28Stages ...................................................................................................................................29Planning................................................................................................................................29Data Analysis .......................................................................................................................30Findings....................................................................................................................................32Research question.................................................................................................................32General Findings..................................................................................................................32Discussion................................................................................................................................41Using WPBA to develop writing skills................................................................................41The usefulness of padlet in developing writing skills..........................................................42Conclusion ...............................................................................................................................45Contributions of the study to the field of ELT materials development................................46Limitations of the study........................................................................................................46Further areas of research ......................................................................................................47Appendixes ..............................................................................................................................52Appendix A ..........................................................................................................................52Rubric taken from teach starter https://www.teachstarter.com/us/teaching resource/assessment-rubric-narrative-writing-us/...............................................................55Appendix b example of one of the products of pre-task ......................................................55Appendix C diagnosis cycle students activity......................................................................56Appendix I cycle #1 activities and cycle 2..........................................................................58Appendix J............................................................................................................................58student #2 .............................................................................................................................60Diagnosis cycle ....................................................................................................................60final paper.............................................................................................................................61cycle II..................................................................................................................................61Appendixes D lesson plan....................................................................................................62Appendix E lesson plan........................................................................................................65Appendixes f lesson plan......................................................................................................67Appendixes E pictures of the classes ...................................................................................70application/pdfengCopyright Universidad de Córdoba, 2022Trabajo de grado - Maestríainfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessAtribución-NoComercial-SinDerivadas 4.0 Internacional (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0)Writing process-based approachPersonal narratives writing skills.Writing skills.Wprocess-based approachPersonal narratives writing skills.Writing skills.