PEER FEEDBACK TO STIMULATE THE STUDENTS' WRITING PROCESS: A CASE STUDY AT A VOCATIONAL SCHOOL IN CIAMIS

Abstract

In the writing process, feedback is usually given by the teacher. However, teachers usually take a long time to provide feedback to students. Therefore this study aims to explore the use of peer feedback; the type of peer feedback used and students' perceptions of peer feedback to contribute to previous related research using a case study, as a research design, at a Vocational High School in Ciamis, Indonesia. The data were collected from observations and documents in the form of students' writing products. Then the questionnaires were distributed to 10 students who used peer feedback in the writing class. The results of this study revealed that students used two types of feedback, namely direct feedback and indirect feedback. Furthermore, students' perceptions of peer feedback received a positive response and the most of students agreed that the implementation of peer feedback was more useful and helped them to improve their writing.