Abstract:
ABSTRACT
This research deals with self-assessment that aims at investigating : 1) finding out
self-assessment in minimizing students‟ errors punctuation of writing, 2) finding out
self-assessment strategies used by the students, 3) finding out students‟ perception
on the use of self-assessment. The research design of the study is a qualitative case
study. To collect the data, the observation, interview and questionnaire were used in
this research. The participant of the study consisted of an English teacher and twenty
two students of Islamic senior high school in Panjalu. The data was analyzed by
drawing accurate and valid conclusions by triangulation through different qualitative
data collection methods would expose different meaningful issues regarding attitudes
of students toward different teaching techniques by Allen, (2006, p.44). The result of
this research showed the positive response from the students. The students told that
learning by using self-assessment or reflecting the students‟ themselves is very
interesting. Also, they felt comfortable to study English especially learning
punctuation. In conclusion, the use of self-assessment to minimize students‟
punctuation errors in writing narrative text is more effective in solving their
problems in writing in the classroom. In this study, the suggestion is given to the
teacher and the students. The teacher is also expected to provide the teaching and
learning process like this to motivate and increase the students‟ abilities in the
learning process. The students are expected to adapt well and make self-assessment
to gain experience and learn new knowledge gained from other strategy of learning.
