STUDENTS’ PERCEPTIONS OF TEACHER’S WRITTEN FEEDBACK IN WRITING DESCRIPTIVE TEXT AT JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL

This study aimed to describe the students' perceptions of teacher’s written
feedback in writing descriptive text at junior high school and to find out the
reasons why the students come to have a perception the way they do. This
research used a descriptive qualitative design. Data are collected using
questionnaire sheets and interviews. Moreover, the data sources were 29-year
seven students of SMP Negeri 1 Percut Sei Tuan. The analysis found that the
majority of the students gave a positive perception. When the teachers gave the
written feedback, the students preferred the teachers to use colored pens to
underline, highlight, and circle their mistakes. It can make the teacher's written
feedback easy to read and understand. The students agreed that they became more
motivated to learn how to write better and could increase their knowledge and
scores in writing. The reason why the students had a positive perception is
because the teacher’s written feedback was an essential aspect of the learning
process. Then teacher's written feedback enabled the students to identify their
errors, could increase their self-awareness, and motivate them to write better in
the future. The students also believed that the teacher's written feedback could
increase their grades in writing. That indicates teacher’s written feedback was
important during the teaching and learning process, especially in writing
descriptive text.