46 who
chose “agree”, twelve students 40 who chose “strongly agree” and four students 13.33 who
chose “disagree”. Since there were more than 85 respondents chose agree, it can be concluded that the consultation facilitated the
students to improve their ability to develop the content of writing. Then, the next statement indicates whether the consultation helped the
students to improve their awareness of using punctuation. There were twenty students 66.67 who
chose “agree”, six students 20 who chose “strongly disagree”, three students 10 who chose “disagree” and one student 3.33
who chose “strongly disagree”. It shows that the consultation helped the students
to be more alert to the use of punctuation in writing. The next statement was related to the influence of the consultation on the
students’ ability to organize the idea of writing. There were twenty students 66.67 who
chose “agree”, seven students 23.33 who
chose “strongly agree”, two students 6.67 who chose “disagree” and one student 3.33 who chose “strongly disagree”. The
researcher concludes that the consultation helped to improve the students’ ability
to organize the writing ideas. In order to strengthen the result, the researcher provided two open-ended
questions which were repeated to be asked in the interview section. The questions were related to what the students got from the consultation and what changes that
students could be seen from their writing after doing the consultation. The respondents answered that they got the correction in the grammar, diction, idea
organization, and the content as meaningful feedback or comments in order to help the students to revise the essay. Then, the changes that could be seen were
47 content development, the appropriate references, and the awareness of grammar
and diction. From the result, the researcher concludes that the students got the positive
influences of the implementation of the individual the consultation. From the lect
urer’s feedback and comments, the students learned how to write in correct grammar, the appropriate words and the correct punctuation in order to deliver the
proper meaning to the readers. Furthermore, in order to present the understandable information, the students also learned how to organize the content or ideas of
writing and the students learned to develop the content as detailed as possible. Therefore, the researcher identified that the students could improve their grammar,
writing organization, diction, punctuation awareness and content elaboration by getting involved in the consultation. As stated by Schiff in a journal, teacher-
student consultation can be a particular instrument for the students to specify their topic, find sources and organize the ideas. Since the consultation gave a chance
for the students to discuss with the lecturer directly, the students got more feedback and opinion to help them to improve their essay. Besides, the students
also got ideas for developing the essay. Furthermore, the students were more motivated to do their essay.
B. Discussion
In this part, the researcher presents the data results which answered the two research questions: 1 what
is students’ perception on student-teacher consultation? and 2 what are the influences of student-teacher consultation on
students’ writing proficiency? The findings can be seen as follows.
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1. Students’ Perception on Student-Teacher Consultation
Writing process in Academic Essay Writing involves the interaction between the students and the teacher in the consultation process. The students
could see and feel the situation directly when they were having the consultation. As stated by Robbins 2001, perception is the way people interpret something
that can be seen or felt. Therefore, they interpreted the consultation as an activity which influences their perception on the consultation process.
Altman et al., 1985 states that past experience affects someone perceives. Since the
students’ experiences also influenced their perception on consultation in AEW, the researcher needed to find out whether the students have ever done the
consultation in the previous semester. Academic essay writing course is an intermediate course after CRW 2 Critical Reading and Writing 2 which also
implemented consultation in its process. It showed that the students have ever done consultation and be familiar with the process. Based on the statement which
is related to the students’ experience whether they did the consultation in CRW 2, it showed that the students have ever experienced on having consultation before.
It can be concluded that the students have been accustomed to doing the consultation in writing class and they have known the consultation as the part of
writing. Therefore, the students got the influences of doing the consultation and they would decide whether they need to consult their essay.
Based on the finding, the lecturer held the individual consultation in AEW course. The student interacted with the lecturer directly and it helped them to
discuss the text meaning through the dialogue. As stated by Hyland 2006,
49 student-teacher consultation gives the opportunity for the students to get an
individual attention in discussing their essay with the lecturer. It would also influence on the
students’ participation in the consultation process. The students’ participation actively also influenced the successful consultation. As stated by
Hyland 2003, “the most successful consultation is those in which the students
are active participants, asking question, clarify meaning and discussing their pap er”
p.192. Through the dialogue, the students could share their difficulties in writing an essay and solve their writing problems. From the dialogue, the teacher and
students could build interaction to establish a collaborative relationship which also could
influence students’ perception on consultation. The students believed that the individual consultation helped them to solve their writing problems and gave
them chances to improve the essay. The result also shows that the students were motivated to do their essay
after having the consultation. They were comfortable to do the consultation since the lecturer facilitated the students to consult their writing problem or opinion and
asked questions not only in classroom but also outside the classroom. It shows that the consultation had positive influences for the students
’ writing process. From the students
’ response, the students were motivated to do their essay because they solved their writing problems after having discussion with the
lecturer through the consultation. As stated by Robbins 2001, the factor of perceiver in perception is influenced by students’ motivation or students’ reasons
to do their essay. The information that was gotten and the way of the information that was
processed influenced the students’ behaviour. It means the students gave
