https://ejournal.uinsalatiga.ac.id/index.php/register <p><a href="https://journalregister.iainsalatiga.ac.id/index.php/register/index">REGISTER JOURNAL</a>, <a href="https://portal.issn.org/resource/ISSN-L/1979-8903" target="_blank" rel="noopener">1979-8903</a> (PRINT) - <a href="https://portal.issn.org/resource/ISSN/2503-040X" target="_blank" rel="noopener">2503-040X</a> (ONLINE), seeks to provide a dedicated platform for the dissemination of research, best practices, and contemporary innovative methodologies <strong>related to teaching and learning English within Islamic educational contexts, preserving the religious and cultural identity. This includes early childhood education, elementary and secondary schools, and higher education institutions.</strong></p> <div class="aimcolumn aimright"> <div class="aimcolumn aimleft"> <p>This journal has been published every <strong>June</strong> and <strong>December</strong> by <a href="https://www.uinsalatiga.ac.id/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Universitas Islam Negeri Salatiga</a>, Indonesia and accredited by the Indonesian Ministry of Research, Technology and Higher Education (RistekDikti) in SINTA (<a href="https://sinta.kemdikbud.go.id/journals/profile/1767" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Achieving SINTA 2</a>) since <strong>April 7, 2022</strong>. The recognition was published in the Director Decree <a href="https://ejournal.uinsalatiga.ac.id/index.php/register/accredstatus" target="_blank" rel="noopener">(SK No. 105/E/KPT/2022)</a>, effective until <strong>2025</strong>. This journal was successfully indexed in CLARIVATE ANALYTICS <a href="https://mjl.clarivate.com/cgi-bin/jrnlst/jlresults.cgi?PC=MASTER&amp;ISSN=1979-8903" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI)</a> of Web of Science in <strong>June 2019</strong>. It is also indexed in <a href="https://hjrs.hec.gov.pk/index.php?r=site%2Fresult&amp;id=1020298#journal_result" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Pakistani HJRS Journal indexing</a>.</p> <p>Intending to improve quality since October 19, 2016, this journal officially cooperated with <strong>ELITE Association Indonesia</strong> (The Association of Teachers of English Linguistics, Literature &amp; Education). See <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1vXdoIQB2qxxEumBcbJOTK4w7cT6Z1X8K/view" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The MoU Manuscript</a>.</p> <p>Concerning the new focus and scope that emphasizes REGISTER JOURNAL as <em>the Journal of English for Islamic Educational Institutions and Moslem Communities</em>, since 2024, this journal has collaborated with <a href="https://sites.google.com/view/iareltii2025/home" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>IARELTII</strong></a> (<em>Indonesian Association on Research in English Language Teaching at Islamic Institutions</em>), a professional community focusing on English research and teaching in Islamic contexts.</p> <p><strong>IMPORTANT NOTES:</strong></p> <p>1. The Editor does not issue PDF Letters of Acceptance (LoA). LoA is issued solely via the official REGISTER JOURNAL email: <strong>[email protected]</strong>.</p> <p>2. 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They will not be made available for any other purpose or to any other party.</p> https://ejournal.uinsalatiga.ac.id/index.php/register/article/view/6559 <p>This research investigated two types of feedback, AI-based and traditional teacher feedback, to improve students' academic writing skills in higher education. The research was conducted in the Department of English Language Teaching at a university in Türkiye employs comparative analyses, utilizing a pre-test and post-test design to assess improvements in students' surface-level writing skills. Sixty students, divided into two groups, received either AI-based feedback from tools like ChatGPT, Sudowrite, and Grammarly, or traditional teacher feedback on twelve essays. The study also includes a semi-structured questionnaire to gather qualitative data on students' perceptions of AI-based tools. Two tests, the Mann-Whitney U test and the Wilcoxon Signed Rank test, were utilized for the statistical analyses. The findings yielded a statistically significant difference between the AI-based feedback and teacher feedback, which empowered the potential of AI to improve students’ writing skills. The study found statistically significant differences in terms of AI-based tools and traditional teacher feedback applications. Furthermore, it was found that surface-level writing skills such as grammar, punctuation, and spelling can be greatly improved by AI-based feedback; distinctive features of AI tools are delivering concurrent personalized feedback, which is crucial to sustain the improvement. This study also includes some implications for using AI-based tools in school settings to help students develop in academic writing.</p> Cuneyt Demir Copyright (c) 2026 Cuneyt Demir https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0 2026-07-02 2026-07-02 19 2