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confident and enthusiastic in writing practice by reading a novel. These two related

studies indicate GBA is beneficial in writing instruction. Additionally, in

connection with the importance of writing skills in the globalized world, GBA can

assist students in producing various texts for future careers.

In addressing the students and the lecturer's insufficient corrective feedback,

this study was conducted in blended learning assisted by e-learning platforms. The

lecturers can use the ICTs to minimize the time constraints in providing feedback

as the ongoing barrier to writing instruction. The use of ICTs in education is

becoming a normal practice worldwide nowadays. Several educationists

recommend using ICTs in learning English, especially writing skills with various

models and media (Reynolds & Kao, 2019; Sarré et al., 2019). It is because the

implementation of ICTs in teaching writing proves significant contributions to

students' writing development and independent learning and enables providing

materials and feedback (see Cahyono & Mutiaraningrum, 2016; Dziuban et al.,

2018; Latifi et al., 2021; Su Ping et al., 2020).

Christensen et al. (2013), Horn et al. (2014), and Hover & Wise, (2022) state

that there are several models of blended learning, namely (1) the rotation model, a

combination of learning online with a face-to-face process, (2) the flex model,

delivery of materials, and learning via the internet, but with supervision in the

classroom (3) A La Carte, self-blended model, students choose their learning online

assisted by recorded materials and offline simultaneously. Even students can do

online learning both inside and outside the campus. (4) Enriched virtual model,

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