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Teacher’s Beliefs toward Positive Oral Feedback
Mikha Bimantara Warsito

ABSTRACT
This study explores ten teachers in English Language Teaching
Department of Faculty of Language and Literature in Satya Wacana Christian
University about their beliefs toward positive oral feedback. This study is needed
because there are only few teachers aware about the advantages of positive oral
feedback. The data were collected from interviews which was semi structured.
The finding illustrated the participants’ beliefs toward positive oral feedback, such
as what is the participants’ understanding about positive oral feedback, when they
use it also about the relationship between the culture and their beliefs. All the
participants appeared to give positive oral feedback to the students in every
meeting, because they have learn English also learn the culture (Brook, 1964), and
the native cultures of English is giving positive oral feedback to students
(Stromquist, 2007). Implication for participants’ beliefs toward positive oral
feedback is made in the end of the paper.
Key word: English language, Feedback, Positive oral feedback, Beliefs, Teacher
Beliefs.