Academic Writing Students' Perceptions Toward Written Teacher Feedback On Their First Draft

Abstract

This study explored Academic Writing students' perceptions toward written teacher feedback on their first draft in the English Department of Satya Wacana Christian University. The data were collected from interviews with 14 Academic Writing students of the English Department in a private university in Central Java. The kind of interview that was used in this study is semi-structured interview. This study resulted in four major themes. The first theme was about the students' feeling toward their first draft revision. The second theme was about students' expectation of the teacher comments. The third theme discussed about teacher comment on students' first draft and the last theme was about the students' perceptions toward a good teacher feedback. Finally, from the data, the study came to a conclusion that Academic Writing students had positive perceptions toward their teacher written feedback. They found it useful, especially in the content and organization aspect. The result of this study can be used for Academic Writing teacher to know what kind of feedback the students really need.