17 found in AEW are language teaching, literature, and linguistics. The academic
essay shows an analytical review of particular topic.
2 Non-academic
As stated by Crème and Lea as cited in Dickinson 2004, a non-academic essay is more personal. The information comes from the
writer’s personal feeling and opinion rather than the fact. It is usually based on the personal experience or
interpretation. The theme is also about the life experience or activities in the daily life.
c. Academic Essay Writing
As stated by Muhyidin 1988, an academic essay is a formal composition. The researcher provides the purposes of the academic essay in order to give
additional explanation of academic essay. There are four purposes of the academic essay writing. Those purposes are stated by Bailey 2011 namely to report on a
piece of research, to answer the research questions, to discuss a subject of common interest and to synthesize the research.
In an AEW course, the students focus on three main topics that should be written by the students in one semester. They are education, literature, and
linguistics. The students should make an essay that is related to those topics and then discuss it academically. It means that they should write an essay by using
formal language and providing some references to support their statements. Therefore, in an academic essay the students are expected to express their opinion
based on the theories that they find.
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3. Student-Teacher Consultation
Since this study focuses on the consultation which is implemented in AEW course, the researcher reviews some theories which are related to the student-
teacher consultation. The researcher reviews the theories of the nature of consultation, the types of consultation, the aims of consultation and the benefits of
consultation.
a. The Nature of Consultation
Student-teacher conference is also called student-teacher consultation. Student-teacher consultation is the way that feedback is delivered through the
dialogue between the student and the teacher and it can be used to develop both of the text and the
students’ writing proficiency Williams, 2002 as cited in Hyland, 2006. Consultation gives chance for the teacher to help the student to clarify the
meaning, solve the writing problem and minimize mistakes in the writing. The student should have a plan about what they want to discuss with their
teacher and what they want to get from the consultation Tiedt, 1989. The students’ plan can be a schedule or a target that should be achieved by the
students. It helps the students to improve their writing project sustainably and the teacher can predict the
students’ target, then, help the students to achieve the target.
Student-teacher consultation is also reviewed by Hyland 2003 who states that consultation gives some important advantages for the teacher and the student
to negotiate the meaning of the text through dialogue. It gives the student chances
