Volume 7, Issue 6, June – 2022 International Journal of Innovative Science and Research Technology ISSN No:-2456-2165 IJISRT22JUN1098 www.ijisrt.com 1141 Jamboard as an Interactive Platform Toward Improving Students’ Writing Competency in Stylistics and Discourse Analysis Julius L. Carlos College of Education, Don Honorio Ventura State University Cabambangan, Bacolor, Pampanga, Philippines Maria Fatima A. Dayrit, Maycee K. Lozano, Rio C. Valencia, Erika O. Yanga, Dr. Grace A. Mendoza College of Education, Don Honorio Ventura State University Cabambangan, Bacolor, Pampanga, Philippines Abstract:- Writing skill is one of the macro skills that is considered as the most difficult skill to develop which requires an appropriate pedagogy, instruction, setting and platform. As the contemporary technologies emerge, the educational setting and platform have also been influenced thus technology-mediated instructions and teaching also emerge. So much so, there are some technology-mediated instructions and platforms that need to be evaluated in terms of its effectiveness in honing, enhancing and developing the skill and competency of the learners. With all these in mind, the researchers aimed to evaluate and determine the effectiveness of technology-mediated instruction like Jamboard as an interactive platform in improving the writing competency of the English major students in Stylistics and Discourse Analysis. The researchers employed quasi-experimental method in which the respondents are grouped as treatment group and controlled group. With a p-value of 0.000, t-value of 5.940 and mean difference of 8.4000, the research study revealed that there is a statistically significant difference in the posttest scores between treatment and controlled group. Therefore, the researchers concluded that the null hypothesis is rejected which means that the intervention is effective toward improving the writing competency of the respondents. The researchers strongly recommend further study using a mixed- method relative to Jamboard as an interactive platform toward students’ writing competency in order to broaden the scope of knowledge, understanding and findings based on the narratives and experiences of the respondents. Keywords:- Jamboard, Quasi-experimental, Significant difference, Stylistics and Discourse Analysis, Writing Skill. I. INTRODUCTION English is the most widely used language and recognized as a Lingua Franca. As the world becomes more integrated into a global society reliant on contemporary technologies, the necessity to communicate in English both in speaking and writing has become increasingly evident. Furthermore, the world is encountering rampant changes and development in the present time. Innovations, in a wink of an eye, emerged and provided opportunities in reinforcing the quality and status of education. In this regard, innovations made a way to the emergence of new teaching methods toward the development, improvement and advancement of the learners (Oluyinka&Daenos, 2019) (10). In this way, innovation is progressively being utilized in classrooms to assist educators in achieving numerous pedagogical and instructive goals (Sprenger & Schwaninger, 2021) (17). According to Oluyinka & Daenos (2019), technology is viewed as an excellent aspect and ingredient toward providing students the opportunities to learn by means of being and serving as the mainstream of online learning. In addition, with the rapid increment of innovations, learning institutions were provided with the chances to utilize the internet as the main source of interaction and communication. In this regard, technology-based learning is making institutions more efficient and productive (10). Further, Okoye, Tort, Escamilla & Hosseini (2021) emphasized that technology-mediated education has become an essential part of modern teaching and learning instruction. Also, the internet has offered an ease of use to the educators and learners through the unlimited access to applications and software which can expedite teaching and learning (9). As a matter of fact, Chan (2020) reinforced that there are applications and tools such as Google Jamboard which enable students to actively engage, participate and collaborate in the discussion (3). Jamboard is a Google service or tool which allows users to utilize text, photos, shapes, and drawings to creatively organize and present information (Petrov, 2021) (11). Furthermore, by allowing students to visually depict their learning and ideas, Jamboard helps improve classroom involvement. This also allows teachers to gather real-time insight into what their students understand. It is a great tool for in-person, online, synchronous, and asynchronous collaboration. More so, using digital whiteboard offers a variety of learning modes, including kinesthetic, visual, and auditory, verbal-social, visual-auditory, active, and active-verbal (Glover, Miller, Averis& Door, 2005 in Sjönvall, 2015) (5) (16). As a result, technology-mediated instruction and learning allowed people or learners to utilize technology beneficial to the acquisition of knowledge and skills. Sioco and De Vera (2018, p.1) mentioned that: