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CHAPTER 5 CONCLUSIONS AND SUGGESTIONS
This chapter covers two main parts, namely conclusions and suggestions. The first part presents the conclusions derived from the research. The second part
presents the suggestions intended for the teacher, the students and future researchers.
5.1 Conclusions
This research was intended to find out the students’ responses to teacher written feedback on their compositions. There are two main research problems to
answer. The first research problem was about the categories of teacher written feedback. The second research problem was about the students’ responses to
teacher written feedback on their compositions. Based on the data results and discussions in the previous chapter, two major
conclusions were made. 1. To answer the first problem, it was found that teacher written feedback
dealt with language use, mechanics, organization, content, reference to source, and vocabulary. In addition, it was also found written feedback on
format and clarity. From the results, it was shown that teacher written feedback focused more on form area which was concerned about language
use and mechanics, while the content area which was concerned about content and organization of the composition only got few attentions. The
finding was consistent with Kurniyati’s 2006 finding on her research that PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI
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teacher tend to gave more feedback on surface or form level than on content.
2. To answer the second research question, it was found that there were several responses done by students such as correcting, revising, consulting
and ignoring. a. In correcting, the students responded in two ways. Firstly, they
simply copied teacher correction because they agreed with the correction suggested by teacher. Secondly, they corrected their
compositions on their own based on the symbols or markings feedback from teacher. The teacher did not give correction directly
to make the students aware of mistakes on their own. b. In revising, it was found that the students had four strategies to
revise their compositions. They were adding detailsexplanations, deleting wordsphrases, substituting wordsphrases, and
restructur ing sentences. c. Students also had consultations with teacher, peers and books
whenever they did not understand teacher feedback. They did it to get the correct interpretation of the feedback.
d. The last response was ignoring in which the students ignored the written feedback given by their teacher. They did nothing to the
parts which were given corrections or markings. Those parts were just the same in the first draft as in the revision.
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5.2 Suggestions
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