Student’s Perceptions on Teacher Feedback in Writing Class

Abstrak

This study investigates the type of feedbacks were received by students in writing class and their perceptions on the teachers feedback. This research is descriptive qualitative research. There were two instruments used in this research; quersionnaire and interview. There were 20 participants in this study who take writing class at Jabal Ghafur university. The result shows that students have positive attitudes on teachers feedback. The teachers feedback seen as an effective way to revise and improve students' writing skills.  However, in terms of the type of feedback given, written feedback is more dominant than oral feedback, students prefer written feedback as feedback that can be read repeatedly until they understand, is very useful for students who easily forget. While some others prefer oral feedback as they find it is easier to understand. Regardless of what type they like, teachers feedback provided students with meaningfull experience which increase their critical thinking to improve their learning performance.