Seminar dan Workshop Rubrik Penilaian Sakubun

Abstract

The evaluation of writing skills (sakubun) in Japanese language learning in Indonesia frequently encounters challenges due to high subjectivity and a heavy reliance on instructors' intuition, which potentially leads to unfairness in assessment. This community service activity aims to enhance the pedagogical competence of instructors and pre-service teachers in implementing objective assessment instruments through standardized analytic rubrics. The program utilized an online technical training and interactive workshop approach, encompassing conceptual presentation, a comparative case study of student essay drafts themed Watashi no Kazoku, and a simulation of textual aspect scoring. The success of the intervention was measured using a One-Group Pretest-Posttest evaluation design involving 62 fully participating respondents. Descriptive statistical analysis results indicated a highly significant increase in participants' cognitive understanding. The initial average score (pre-test) rose from 5.24 to 5.97 in the final evaluation (post-test). The presence of descriptive criteria within the analytic rubric proved effective in minimizing instructors' intuitive bias when assessing abstract components (such as creativity and cohesion), while simultaneously shifting the paradigm from summative evaluation to transparent formative feedback. This activity recommends the implementation of continuous assistance to formulate relevant evaluation instrument banks across partner institutions.