Students’ Perceptions of the Flipped Academic Writing Classroom Learning Activities

Abstract: Flipped-classroom strategy, as the name suggests, flips the conventional teaching and learning process. In a flipped classroom, students learn the materials at home in an online platform (out-class) and then they learn more through discussion with their peers in the classroom (in-class). This study focuses on students’ perceptions of the activities in a flipped academic writing classroom. The data were collected using questionnaires and observation. The result shows that the activities were able to help students to learn and improve their academic writing. In addition, students also gave positive responses to the use of teaching media and peer feedback sessions.Keywords: students’ perceptions, flipped-classroom strategy, Google Classroom, academic writingAbstrak: Strategi flipped-classroom (kelas terbalik), seperti namanya, membalik proses belajar mengajar konvensional. Di ruang kelas terbalik, siswa mempelajari materi di rumah dalam platform daring (di luar kelas) dan kemudian mereka belajar lebih banyak melalui diskusi dengan teman sebaya di kelas (di dalam kelas). Studi ini berfokus pada persepsi siswa tentang aktivitas di kelas menulis akademis yang dibalik. Pengumpulan data dilakukan dengan menggunakan kuesioner dan observasi. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa kegiatan yang dilakukan di kelas terbalik dapat membantu siswa dalam belajar dan meningkatkan kemampuan menulis akademiknya. Selain itu, siswa juga memberikan respon yang positif terhadap penggunaan media pembelajaran dan sesi peninjauan sejawat.Kata kunci: persepsi siswa, flipped classroom strategy, Google Classroom, penulisan akademi