A Comparative Study between Teacher's Direct and Indirect Feedback Techniques in Improving Students' Descriptive Writing at the First Grade of Senior High School 1 Trimurjo Central Lampung

Lily Trisiana, Ari Nurweni, Ramlan Ginting

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Abstrak. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui apakah ada perbedaan yang signifikan dalam hasil pencapaian menulis teks deskriptif antara siswa yang diajar menggunakan umpan balik dari guru secara langsung dan tidak langsung dan untuk mengetahui aspek manakah dalam keterampilan mikro yang paling meningkat setelah penerapan kedua umpan balik. Penelitian ini dilakukan di SMAN 1 Trimurjo pada tahun ajaran 2018/2019. Peneliti menggunakan pendekatan kuantitatif. Tes menulis diberikan untuk melihat peningkatan menulis teks deskriptif siswa. Data yang dianalisis dengan menggunakan SPSS menunjukkan bahwa kedua teknik umpan balik tersebut efektif untuk meningkatkan kemampuan siswa; konten merupakan aspek penulisan yang paling meningkat di kelas yang diberikan kedua umpan balik. Selain itu, analisis statistik menunjukkan bahwa terdapat peningkatan yang berbeda dalam kemampuan menulis teks deskriptif antara siswa yang diajar menggunakan kedua umpan balik dari guru.

Kata Kunci: teks deskriptif, umpan balik dari guru, umpan balik secara langsung, umpan balik secara tidak langsung.

Abstract. The objectives of this research were to find out whether there was a significant difference between descriptive writing achievement of students in teacher’s direct and in teacher's indirect feedback class and to find out which aspect of writing in terms of micro skills improved the most after the implementation of both feedbacks. This research was conducted at SMAN 1 Trimurjo in 2018/2019 academic year. the researcher used quantitative approach. In order to see the students’ descriptive writing improvement, the writing tests were administered. The data analyzed by using SPSS reveals that the two feedback techniques were effective to improve the students’ writing; content was the aspect of writing that improved the most by both feedback techniques. In addition, the statistical analysis showed that there was a different improvement of students’ descriptive writing between the students who were taught through both feebacks.

Keywords: descriptive writing, teacher’s feedback, teacher's direct feedback, teacher's indirect feedback.


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