Moodle Integration Intervention in EFL Virtual Classroom and Academic Flow on University Students’ Achievement in Writing

Abstract

Teachers of English as a foreign language (EFL) now have more opportunities to use a learning management system (LMS) like Moodle to enhance EFL learners learning. This study aimed to examine the effect of Moodle as a learning management system based on academic flow on EFL learners' writing skills. The quasi-experimental research was designed to assess the impact of Moodle-based on academic flow on EFL learners' writing skills. This study recruited 69 second-year English Education Department as the sample population. They were divided into experimental and control groups. This study used an easy writing test and Study Work-Related Flow Inventory (WOLF-S) as the instruments. The study applied analysis of covariance (ANCOVA) to compare both control and experimental groups' findings. The findings revealed that EFL students' writing skills were improved by using Moodle in an EFL virtual classroom rather than using conventional methods. Academic flow becomes a covariate of influence between the independent and dependent variables. These findings consistently favored the experimental groups. Moodle helped EFL university students to improve their writing skills.