The Effect of Corrective Feedbacks Used by the Teachers to the Students' Ability in Writing Descriptive Text and the Students' Perception Towards that Corrective Feedbacks at MA Persada Ulakan, Padang Pariaman

Warni, Asis (2020) The Effect of Corrective Feedbacks Used by the Teachers to the Students' Ability in Writing Descriptive Text and the Students' Perception Towards that Corrective Feedbacks at MA Persada Ulakan, Padang Pariaman. Masters thesis, Universitas Negeri Padang.

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Abstract

The objective of conducting this research was to find out the effect of the corrective feedback used by the teacher to the students' ability in writing descriptive text and the students' perception towards the corrective feedbacks. This research employed a mix-method research design that involved a combination of quantitative and qualitative approach to collect and analyze the data. The population of this research was the tenth grade students of MA Persada Ulakan, Padang Pariaman, West Sumatera. The sample of this research was selected by using random sampling technique. The instruments of data collections were test and non-test instruments. The test instrument was a writing test that covers pre-test and post-test, and a non-test instrument was a students' checklist. The result of data analysis showed that t-counted (7.517) was greater than the result of t-table (2.080) by applying 0.05 level of significance and degree of freedom (df) 21. It means that the use of corrective feedbacks could significantly improve the ability of the students in writing descriptive text. Next, the students' perception towards the corrective feedback, 59,09% students said that direct corrective feedback help them to understand what to do to correct their errors, 54,55% of the students also said that they can notice and understand their errors about punctuation, spelling, and capitalization through indirect corrective feedback. Furthermore, half or 50% of the sample told that indirect corrective feedback encourage them to write in a good topic and details. In conclusion, the corrective feedbacks improve student's ability in writing descriptive text and the students have positive perception about the corrective feedbacks.

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