The Characteristics of Teacher’s Feedback in Speaking Actvity of the Grade Ten Students of SMA N 20 Medan

The objective of this study were; (1) To describe types of teacher’s feedback in the speaking
activities of the tenth grade students of SMA N 20 Medan, (2) To describe the students’
perception of the feedback given by the teacher in the speaking activities of the tenth grade
students of SMA N 20 Medan, and (3) To analyses how does the teacher give feedback in
speaking activities of the tenth grade students of SMA N 20 Medan. This study was
conducted by using Research was designed through two stages; gathering information and
analyzing data. The subject of the study was Grade X of SMA N 20 Medan. The instruments
of data collection was gathered by distributing questionnaire and administrating interview.
The study conducted distributing questionnaire to 30 respondents of the students and
administrating interview to the English teacher and students. The questionnaire and interview
results proved that the students need the teacher’s feedback which can motivate the students
to understand about the speaking activity. Observations were done by attendingthe speaking
classes and making field notes of all what happened in the classroomsetting during the
speaking learning and teaching process. With the help of audiorecorder, the researcher
recorded all the speech events of the classroom communitymembers under observation. This
audio recording technique enabled the researcher topreserve the authenticity of the data. To
gain comprehensive and accurate data, theresearcher crosschecked the data obtained by
comparing these data with those whichwere obtained by interviewing some of the students
and the English teacher involvedin the research. The researcher also distributed the
questionnaire to all of the studentsin the class. These accurate data where then (1) transcribed,
(2) read, (3) identified,(4) categorized, and (5) analyzed to answer the research questions as
those whichwere mentioned in the formulation of the problem. To check the trustworthiness
ofthe data, triangulation was also used. The researcher compared the gathered data withother
relevant researches and theories and consulted the lecturers involved in thestudy.Based on the
analysis of teacher’s feedback, it is figured out that the teacher mostly gave feedback in the
form of explicit corrections.Also, the teacher’s feedbackfocused more on the phonological
errors, especially pronunciation.