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3 Situation
The situation around the environment also influences the perception. The context of the situation in which the objects or event can be seen is important. The
situation refers to the time, location or work setting, and social setting of the event. The situation in class can influence the students
’ feeling during the learning process.
B. Theoretical Framework
In conducting the research, the researcher uses the basic theories of writing proficiency, academic essay writing, student-teacher consultation and perception.
Since this study is related to the writing proficiency, the basic theories of writing proficiency from Hyland and Brown are used to identify the requirements of a
good writing. The theories of the criteria of writing proficiency are asked in questionnaire to identify kinds of criteria that are already achieved by the students
through consultation. These are the criteria of writing proficiency which is provided in questionnaire.
Table 2.1 The Criteria of Writing Proficiency
Hyland 2003 Content of Writing
Event, significant, and personal comment on event.
Structure Chronological order and reorientation.
Language Usage Language
control, diction,
application grammar.
Brown 2004 Punctuation.
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teacher’s role and the principles of teaching writing are used to analyze and support the finding in chapter four. The theories of
the academic essay are used to clarify kind of writing that is written by the students in AEW. It will support the finding and give more information about the
academic essay. In addition, the theories of essay writing are presented in order to give clearer information about the academic essay writing. It is used to support the
results of the data. The theories of student-teacher consultation are used as the main theories
which are used in questionnaire and interview. Since the focus of this study is the influence and the perception on the student-teacher consultation, the theory of
student-teacher consultation, the benefits and the aims of the consultation are used to analyze and support the finding in order to find out students’ interpretation and
attitude towards consultation in the academic essay writing. These theories explain that student-teacher consultation helps students to learn directly from the
teacher as an expert. It will help the students to improve their writing proficiency especially in writing an essay.
Then, the theories of perception are the additional theories to support the questions which are related to the
student’ perception on the implementation of student-teacher consultation. The theories of the factors which
influence students’ perception are used in the questionnaire and interview. This theory provides three
factors. The factors are perceiver, target and situation. In the questionnaire, the researcher uses two factors: perceiver and situation. It will strengthen the findings
and provide the experts ’ opinion to make the discussion clearer.
