5 levels of understanding when they interact with their peers. Comments given by
their peers were expected to help them to improve their writings, particularly in writing report texts. However, do the students have the same perception about it?
Do the students perceive that the implementation of peer feedback can help them to improve their writings although they did practise and provide peer feedback in
their writing class? In general, this research is going to discover the eleventh grade students’
perception on the implementation of peer feedback in writing report texts. Moreover, specifically this research intends to discover the factors influencing the
students’ perception on the implementation of peer feedback. Then, this research also intends to discover the benefits and the limitations of the implementation of
peer feedback in writing report texts.
1.2 Research Problems
The problem of this research is mainly related to how the eleventh grade students perceive on the implementation of peer feedback in writing report texts.
Further, the problem is specifically formulated as follows: 1.
What are the factors influencing the students’ perception on the
implementation of peer feedback in writing report texts?
2. What are the benefits of the implementation of peer feedback in
writing report texts?
3. What are the limitations of the implementation of peer feedback in
writing report texts?
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1.3 Problem Limitation
This research is limited to the students’ English writing skill, not covering other skills such as listening, reading and speaking. The genre of the text
produced by the students in this research is also limited to report text. This research is limited to one of the writing stages implemented in writing class
namely peer feedback. The subject of this research is also limited to the eleventh grade of SMAN 11 Yogyakarta, particularly the social science students. In the
close-ended questions, the questionnaire is limited to the use of four points Likert Scale. There were seventy participants who participated to fill in the
questionnaire. However, the interviewees were limited to six students, two students from each class who got high and low scores based on their questionnaire
results.
1.4 Research Objectives
The objective of this research is mainly to discover the perception of the eleventh grade students of SMAN 11 Yogyakarta on the implementation of peer-
feedback in writing report texts. Further, the objective of this research is specifically divided into:
1. To discover the factors influencing the students’ perception on the
implementation of peer feedback in writing report texts. 2.
To discover the benefits of the implementation of peer feedback in writing report texts.
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To discover the limitations of the implementation of peer feedback in writing report texts.
1.5 Research Benefits
