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In the sentence above, the author misused the capital letter. A capital letter should be used after a period instead of a comma, therefore, the word “compound”
should not be written in capital letter. The teacher circled that word to make the author be aware of her mistake so that she could correct it in her revision.
Example 2
A capital letter is used to write a proper noun. In the example above, the author did not use capital letter in writing someone’s name so that the teacher gave
a correction on it.
4.1.3 Content
Warren 1985: 34 states that the content of a composition should be accurate, current and complete. It is ineffective for a composition to contain errors
or omission in content Zimmerman and Rodrigues, 1992: 171. In other words, an effective composition needs to be accurate, complete and do not have errors in the
content. Providing feedback on content to students in the process of writing is
important to figure out whether the ideas conveyed in students’ compositions are in line with the topic they want to discuss. It may ensure the students that their ideas
are developed and organized well and that they have included information that is not only interesting but also relevant to support their ideas.
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In this study, it was figured out that teacher provided feedback on content to students’ compositions. This feedback was in forms of imperatives or questions and
it often functioned as general comment of a sub heading. Consider the following examples:
Example 1
The author stated that her aim in conducting the research was to find something different related to the English prefixes. The teacher might consider the
reason for the author to conduct the study was not strong enough. Therefore, the teacher underlined the word “something different” and gave comment that it was
not a good reason for conducting a research. The author needed to put good, strong and scientific reasons that supported her in conducting the study.
Example 2
In the example above, the author did not put the publishing date of the newspapers she used as source of data. Therefore, the teacher asked the date when
the newspapers were published. The author needed to put the dates of publishing for the accuracy of the data. It could prove that the data used in the research were
exist and valid. PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI
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Other examples of feedback on content were:
• Is there any segmental process in the words you analyze?
• Discuss more about mega, etc. they are problematic
• What do you mean by word class? Write something else
• Do you understand all the above? If no, drop them
These comments, questions and imperatives were given as general comments on students’ compositions. This feedback sought for students’
understanding toward what they had previously discussed and asked for further discussion about it on their next revision.
4.1.4 Organization
