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STUDENTS’ ATTITUDES TOWARD PEER FEEDBACK
STUDENTS’ ATTITUDES TOWARD PEER FEEDBACK IN
ACADEMIC WRITING
THESIS
Submitted in Partial Fulfillment
of the Requirements for the Degree of
Sarjana Pendidikan
Widayani Utami
112007116
ENGLISH DEPARTMENT
FACULTY OF LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE
SATYA WACANA CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY
SALATIGA
2012
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STUDENTS’ ATTITUDES TOWARD PEER FEEDBACK
STUDENTS’ ATTITUDES TOWARD PEER FEEDBACK IN
ACADEMIC WRITING
THESIS
Submitted in Partial Fulfillment
of the Requirements for the Degree of
Sarjana Pendidikan
Widayani Utami
112007116
ENGLISH DEPARTMENT
FACULTY OF LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE
SATYA WACANA CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY
SALATIGA
2012
2
STUDENTS’ ATTITUDES TOWARD PEER FEEDBACK
STUDENTS’ ATTITUDES TOWARD PEER FEEDBACK IN
ACADEMIC WRITING
THESIS
Submitted in Partial Fulfillment
of the Requirements for the Degree of
Sarjana Pendidikan
Widayani Utami
112007116
Approved by:
C.M.T. Fanny Novita A., MA-ELT
Supervisor
Hendro Setiawan Husada, MA
Examiner
3
STUDENTS’ ATTITUDES TOWARD PEER FEEDBACK
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COPYRIGHT STATEMENT
This thesis contains no such material as has been submitted for examination in
any course or accepted for the fulfillment of any degree or diploma in any
university. To the best of my knowledge and my belief, this contains no material
previously published or written by any other person except where due reference is
made in the text.
Copyright © 2012. Widayani Utami and C.M.T. Fanny Novita A., MA-ELT
All rights reserved. No part of this thesis may be reproduced by any means
without the permission of at least one of the copyright owners or the English
Department, Faculty of Language and Literature, Satya Wacana Christian
University, Salatiga.
Widayani Utami:
STUDENTS’ ATTITUDES TOWARD PEER FEEDBACK
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PUBLICATION AGREEMENT DECLARATION
As a member of the (SWCU) Satya Wacana Christian University academic
community, I verify that:
Name
Student ID Number
Study Program
Faculty
Kind of Work
:
:
:
:
:
Widayani Utami
112007116
English Education
Language and Literature
Undergraduate Thesis
In developing my knowledge, I agree to provide SWCU with a non-exclusive
royalty free right for my intellectual property and the contents therein entitled:
Students’ Attitudes toward Peer Feedback in Academic Writing
along with any pertinent equipment.
With this non-exclusive royalty free right, SWCU maintains the right to copy,
reproduce, print, publish, post, display, incorporate, store in or scan into a
retrieval system or database, transmit, broadcast, barter or sell my intellectual
property, in whole or in part without my express written permission, as long as my
name is still included as the writer.
This declaration is made according to the best of my knowledge.
Made in
Date
: Salatiga
:
, 2012
Verified by signee,
Widayani Utami
Approved by
Thesis Supervisor
Thesis Examiner
C.M.T. Fanny Novita A., MA-ELT
Hendro Setiawan Husada, MA
STUDENTS’ ATTITUDES TOWARD PEER FEEDBACK
6
Students’ Attitudes toward Peer Feedback in Academic Writing
Widayani Utami
Satya Wacana Christian University
Abstract
This study investigates the students’ attitude toward peer feedback. The data were
collected through an open-ended questionnaire that was distributed to 41 students
of academic writing classes that were offered in semester 2 of 2010/2011
academic year. The research analyzed peer feedback from two different
categories, subject and object categories. The subject category put the participants
as the feedback provider whereas the object category put the participants as the
feedback receiver. The responses from subject category show that although
82.86% of participants thought that feedback was useful in helping them practice
their knowledge to analyze others’ works and be critical in thinking, 43.90% of
participants were unwilling and afraid to give feedback to peers. When asked to
give comments about the peer feedback they received, 79.49% of the participants
stated that feedback from peers was beneficial. However, 50% would consider
peer feedback in revision period and 50% became unconfident with their works
when peers gave feedback to them. However, this research is expected to give
some insights on peer feedback to English teachers wishing to implement it in
their classroom.
Keywords: attitude, peer feedback, academic writing, cognitive, affective,
conative.
Introduction
Peer feedback is one of the classroom activities in EFL classrooms that set
students to review and give comments to their peers’ works. According to Hyland
(2006), “from a socio-cognitive perspective, peer review can be seen as a
formative developmental process that gives writers the opportunities to discuss
their texts and discover other’s interpretations of them” (p. 6). In second language
STUDENTS’ ATTITUDES TOWARD PEER FEEDBACK IN
ACADEMIC WRITING
THESIS
Submitted in Partial Fulfillment
of the Requirements for the Degree of
Sarjana Pendidikan
Widayani Utami
112007116
ENGLISH DEPARTMENT
FACULTY OF LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE
SATYA WACANA CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY
SALATIGA
2012
1
STUDENTS’ ATTITUDES TOWARD PEER FEEDBACK
STUDENTS’ ATTITUDES TOWARD PEER FEEDBACK IN
ACADEMIC WRITING
THESIS
Submitted in Partial Fulfillment
of the Requirements for the Degree of
Sarjana Pendidikan
Widayani Utami
112007116
ENGLISH DEPARTMENT
FACULTY OF LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE
SATYA WACANA CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY
SALATIGA
2012
2
STUDENTS’ ATTITUDES TOWARD PEER FEEDBACK
STUDENTS’ ATTITUDES TOWARD PEER FEEDBACK IN
ACADEMIC WRITING
THESIS
Submitted in Partial Fulfillment
of the Requirements for the Degree of
Sarjana Pendidikan
Widayani Utami
112007116
Approved by:
C.M.T. Fanny Novita A., MA-ELT
Supervisor
Hendro Setiawan Husada, MA
Examiner
3
STUDENTS’ ATTITUDES TOWARD PEER FEEDBACK
4
COPYRIGHT STATEMENT
This thesis contains no such material as has been submitted for examination in
any course or accepted for the fulfillment of any degree or diploma in any
university. To the best of my knowledge and my belief, this contains no material
previously published or written by any other person except where due reference is
made in the text.
Copyright © 2012. Widayani Utami and C.M.T. Fanny Novita A., MA-ELT
All rights reserved. No part of this thesis may be reproduced by any means
without the permission of at least one of the copyright owners or the English
Department, Faculty of Language and Literature, Satya Wacana Christian
University, Salatiga.
Widayani Utami:
STUDENTS’ ATTITUDES TOWARD PEER FEEDBACK
5
PUBLICATION AGREEMENT DECLARATION
As a member of the (SWCU) Satya Wacana Christian University academic
community, I verify that:
Name
Student ID Number
Study Program
Faculty
Kind of Work
:
:
:
:
:
Widayani Utami
112007116
English Education
Language and Literature
Undergraduate Thesis
In developing my knowledge, I agree to provide SWCU with a non-exclusive
royalty free right for my intellectual property and the contents therein entitled:
Students’ Attitudes toward Peer Feedback in Academic Writing
along with any pertinent equipment.
With this non-exclusive royalty free right, SWCU maintains the right to copy,
reproduce, print, publish, post, display, incorporate, store in or scan into a
retrieval system or database, transmit, broadcast, barter or sell my intellectual
property, in whole or in part without my express written permission, as long as my
name is still included as the writer.
This declaration is made according to the best of my knowledge.
Made in
Date
: Salatiga
:
, 2012
Verified by signee,
Widayani Utami
Approved by
Thesis Supervisor
Thesis Examiner
C.M.T. Fanny Novita A., MA-ELT
Hendro Setiawan Husada, MA
STUDENTS’ ATTITUDES TOWARD PEER FEEDBACK
6
Students’ Attitudes toward Peer Feedback in Academic Writing
Widayani Utami
Satya Wacana Christian University
Abstract
This study investigates the students’ attitude toward peer feedback. The data were
collected through an open-ended questionnaire that was distributed to 41 students
of academic writing classes that were offered in semester 2 of 2010/2011
academic year. The research analyzed peer feedback from two different
categories, subject and object categories. The subject category put the participants
as the feedback provider whereas the object category put the participants as the
feedback receiver. The responses from subject category show that although
82.86% of participants thought that feedback was useful in helping them practice
their knowledge to analyze others’ works and be critical in thinking, 43.90% of
participants were unwilling and afraid to give feedback to peers. When asked to
give comments about the peer feedback they received, 79.49% of the participants
stated that feedback from peers was beneficial. However, 50% would consider
peer feedback in revision period and 50% became unconfident with their works
when peers gave feedback to them. However, this research is expected to give
some insights on peer feedback to English teachers wishing to implement it in
their classroom.
Keywords: attitude, peer feedback, academic writing, cognitive, affective,
conative.
Introduction
Peer feedback is one of the classroom activities in EFL classrooms that set
students to review and give comments to their peers’ works. According to Hyland
(2006), “from a socio-cognitive perspective, peer review can be seen as a
formative developmental process that gives writers the opportunities to discuss
their texts and discover other’s interpretations of them” (p. 6). In second language