8 student-teacher consultation has positive influences, it can be implemented not only
in writing course but also in the other courses. Thus, the students do not only improve their writing proficiency but also improve their speaking, reading and listening
proficiency.
F. Definition of Terms
In order to give clear explanation and to avoid misunderstanding from the readers, the researcher provides the definition of terms used in this study. It helps the
readers to understand the content and the theories in this study. 1.
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 students’ essay and the students’ writing proficiency Williams, 2002 as cited in
Hyland, 2006. From this research, student-teacher consultation refers to the activity of consultation which is done by the student and the lecturer in the classroom or
outside the classroom in order to help the students to improve their writing proficiency. The lecturer is considered as an expert in the learning process to help the
students to solve the problems in their writing process. 2.
Students’ Writing Proficiency Writing is both of a process and product, both of physical and mental acts to
express the ideas or feelings in a certain way Sokolik as cited in Nunan, 2003. This study interprets writing as a process and product. Furthermore, the
students’ writing
9 proficiency refers to the ability to express the ideas through written text with
minimum errors and has an informative content. Moreover, Zimmermar and Rodrigues 1992 state that a good writing should be appropriate to the audience and
purpose for specific writing situation. From the writing process, the writing product indicates the
writers’ proficiency. The process of writing focuses on the improvement of the
students’ writing proficiency by doing consultation. Then, the product is the res
ult of students’ essay. 3.
The Academic Essay Writing Course The Academic Essay Writing is the underlying principle of the academic
writing PBI Academic Guideline, 2011. This course aimed to help students to be able to analyze the characteristics of the academic essay. Besides, it also aimed to
help the students to be able to write an academic essay. After completing this course, the students are expected to understand the academic writing conventions and be able
to write the academic essay on linguistics, language teaching, and literature. It is held on semester 5 and for the prerequisite to take this course, the students must pass
Critical Reading and Writing course 2.
