Type of Written Corrective Feedback Used by a Teacher in Academic Writing Class
Beri Adetya Dwi Putra
Abstract
Written corrective feedback (WCF) plays a crucial role in the products of students’ writing. Feedback is not only used to assess students’ writing, but also it is very important for developing students’ capability. The types of WCF itself are various. Each type of feedback has its own characteristic and function to assist the students in the process of their revision. This study aims at finding what kind of written corrective feedback used by the teacher in an Academic Writing class in English Department in Satya Wacana Christian University. In order to do that, 118 students’ academic writing drafts were observed and analyzed. The finding shows that there are three out of the total five types of WCF proposed by Ellis (2008) found in the students’ paper. They are Direct Corrective Feedback, Indirect Corrective Feedback, and Metalingusictic Corrective Feedback. Direct CF used more for helping students more in grammatical matters. Indirect CF used more in assisting students to generate their ideas and be aware of their own errors. Meanwhile, Metalinguistic CF which is also has the similar used like CF, it also used to stimulate students to be able to do a self-editing of their own errors in writing.
