STUDENTS’ PERCEPTION OF LEARNING WRITING USING GIBBS’ REFLECTIVE CYCLE (A Case Study at a Private College in Ciamis)

Abstract

This study aimed to investigate the college students’ perception in making reflections of the movie on writing reflective essay by using Gibbs’ reflective cycle. The qualitative research employed a close-ended questionnaire. The participants of this study were 30 students of the English education program in the 8th semester at a private college in Ciamis. The findings of this study, the college students’ perception showed that learning writing reflections of the movie by using Gibbs’ reflective cycle is helpful in studying English, easier to understand, happier and enthusiastic, it became easier for them to understand critical essay writing, it was useful for study, and improve their writing skills. Meanwhile, the drawbacks of college students in learning writing reflections using teaching media movies on YouTube consumes a lot of their internet quota.