39 understood by the students. When they could understand the content, then they
would be able to know which part they needed to improve. The respondents’
opinions about the clarity of negative feedback were analysed from QA 8 and 11. QA 8 was related to the clarity of direct negative feedback and QA 11 was related
to the clarity of indirect negative feedback.
a. Clarity of Direct Negative Feedback
QA 8 deals with the clarity of direct negative feedback. In this part, the respondents were asked whether they agreed or not that they could understand well
when given direct negative feedback. The data from Table 4.1 shows that most of the respondents agreed that they could get the message when given direct negative
feedback 40 agree and 40 strongly agree. Only 11.43 of the participants were neutral to this question and 8.57 of the participant disagreed. The superior
number of agreement in QA 8 implied that most respondents agreed that the message on direct negative feedback was clear.
b. Clarity of Indirect Negative Feedback
The respondents’ opinion related to the clarity of indirect negative feedback was implied in QA 11. The respondents were to choose whether they agree or not
that they could understand indirect negative feedback well. In Table 4.1, the result for QA 11 displayed that most of the respondents were neutral 31.43. The
percentage of respondents who agreed and disagreed to the statement were in the same percentage 34.28. This implied that, in general, according to the
respondents, indirect negative feedback was sometimes clear and sometimes not. PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI
40 Based on the analysis of respondents’ perception related to the clarity of
negative feedback, the respondents were having more positive perceptions on direct negative feedback compared to indirect negative feedback. The percentage of
respondents who agreed to direct negative feedback having a good clarity was greater compared to the percentage of the respondents who agreed to indirect
negative feedback having a good clarity 80 for direct negative feedback and 34.28 for indirect negative feedback. It could be concluded that direct negative
feedback was perceived to have a better clarity compared to indirect negative feedback.
In conclusion, the answer to the first research question was that the respondents showed positive perceptions. The respondents felt the need of negative
feedback for their improvement. Moreover, based on the data analysis, direct negative feedback was perceived to have a better clarity and motivation compared
to indirect negative feedback.
B. ELESP Students’ Preference for Negative Feedback
This part mainly discussed the data analysis related to the second research question, ELESP s
tudents’ preference for negative feedback. There were two parts of the questionnaire that were analysed; part A and B. In part A of the questionnaire,
the respondents were to choose between oral or written negative feedback as their preferred negative feedback in QA 6 and between direct and indirect negative
feedback in QA 7 and 10. Meanwhile in part B of the questionnaire, there were two cases. T
he respondents’ were to choose one of eight options for each case that later
