Institutional Repository | Satya Wacana Christian University: Academic Writing Students' Perceptions Toward Written Teacher Feedback On Their First Draft

ABSTRACT
This study explored Academic Writing students’ perceptions toward written teacher
feedback on their first draft in the English Department of Satya Wacana Christian University.
The data were collected from interviews with 14 Academic Writing students of the English
Department in a private university in Central Java. The kind of interview that was used in this
study is semi-structured interview. This study resulted in four major themes. The first theme was
about the students’ feeling toward their first draft revision. The second theme was about
students’ expectation of the teacher comments. The third theme discussed about teacher
comment on students’ first draft and the last theme was about the students’ perceptions toward a
good teacher feedback. Finally, from the data, the study came to a conclusion that Academic
Writing students had positive perceptions toward their teacher written feedback. They found it
useful, especially in the content and organization aspect. The result of this study can be used for
Academic Writing teacher to know what kind of feedback the students really need.
Keywords: perception, feedback