How Does Process Writing Approach Promote Collaboration and Critical Thinking?: University Students' Perceptions Bagaimana Pendekatan Proses Menulis Mempromosikan Kolaborasi Dan Berpikir Kritis: Persepsi Mahasiswa

Collaborative learning and critical thinking skills are two important skills for the students’ success. Collaborative learning focuses on the building of teamwork to gain learning objectives, while critical thinking skills enable students to critically analyze information during the learning process. The current research is aimed at finding students’ perceptions towards the use of process writing approach in writing paragraph to promote collaboration and critical thinking skills. Sample of the research are twenty-two students of the English Education Program of IAIN Parepare in 2023/2024 academic year who joined a paragraph writing course. The researchers use questionnaires of perception with a Likert scale of five options to collect research data. A questionnaire of students’ perceptions of the use of process writing approach to promote collaborative learning consists of ten items, while a questionnaire of students’ perceptions of the use of process writing approach to promote critical thinking skills involves twelve items. The research data were then statistically analyzed to find out the frequency and percentage of their responses to the questionnaire items. The study finds that most of the students perceive writing paragraph in groups help them completing their writing tasks. This indicates that process writing promote collaboration. In addition, the study also finds that most of the students perceive they follow the critical thinking skills in their paragraph writing activities. This indicates that paragraph writing in collaborative environment, promotes students’ critical thinking.