that action research is conducted to solve the students‟ problems after the teacher implements some actions in the classroom. There are three main things in Classroom
Action Research. The things are problem, solving and improvement. In Classroom Action Research it should be a problem, then the researcher should try to overcome
the problem by choosing the best strategy. After implementation, it is expected that the students can make improvement or better understanding about certain subject.
B. Conceptual Framework
In conceptual framework, the researcher tried to relate the theory and this research. Ralmes 1983 states, writing can teach the students to learn about grammar, idiom and
vocabulary that the teacher has been taught p. 3. By writing some sentences, students can practice how to make sentence with an appropriate grammar. By understanding
grammar of language, the students are able to understand the meaning of language. This is the important thing why the students should learn to write.
The researcher chose two processes of writing according to Tiedt 1989 which were students learn to write by reading and writing can be taught. In those processes
the students and the teacher analyzed the text and discussed the text together. This research used genre-based approach as the approach to write. The students learn from
the model of the text, discuss the text with the teacher and try to construct their own text by writing different text.
The students of social class 2 of students MAN II Yogyakarta had difficulty in writing narrative texts. They made a lot of grammatical errors especially while using
past tense. The researcher offered giving feedback in order to overcome the problem. The researcher intended to improve the tenth grade students‟ grammar accuracy by
giving feedback. Fatham Whalley et al. 1990 revealed that there were some studies showed that “students who receive error feedback over a period of time can
improve their language accuracy” as cited in Hyland, K and Hyland, F, 2006, p.4. The kind of feedback which will be given is teacher‟s feedback. The forms of
feedback are direct and indirect. The researcher conducted classroom Action Research AR in order to implement
the use of feedback in narrative writing. According to Kemmis and McTaggart 1988, as cited by Burns 1999: 32, there are four steps to do Action Research.
Those steps are planning, action, observation and reflection. The researcher referred some theories while conducting the research. The
researcher asked the students to write narrative text after that the researcher examined the students‟ draft. The researcher focused on the simple past tense form used by the
students. The researcher gave feedback in a form of comments, error analysis and suggestions. Then, the researcher returned the draft and asked the students to write
the narrative texts. The students‟ accuracy of simple past tense would improve because according to Lewis 2002: 3-4, there are five purposes of feedback.
Feedback provides information for teachers and students. Feedback provides students with advice about learning, provides students with language input. Feedback is a form
of motivation. Therefore, the researcher used feedback to improve the students‟ accuracy of simple past tense because feedback has a lot of advantages.
