THE EFFECT OF TEACHER FEEDBACK ON STUDENTS’

ABILITY IN WRITING DESCRIPTIVE TEXT

AT MADRASAH TSANAWIYAH DARUL FATAH
TERATAK PADANG

By Riyan Hidayat
Introduction
Writing in EFL context is not an easy thing because
there are some matters to consider such as selecting
the appropriate grammar and vacabulary, thinking
about the purpose of the next sentences to be
composed, and choosing of a suitable style (Swales
& Feak, 1994).
Identification of the Problem
 The students do not understand how to write
Descriptive Text correctly.
 The students skills in writing is poor cause they
are rarely practice writing in English.
 Incorrect teaching methods by teacher will affect
students’ writing ability.
Research Questions
 How many effects of using Teacher Feedback to
improve students’ ability in writing descriptive
text?
 There is any significant effect teacher feedback
on students’ ability in writing descriptive text?
 How does teacher feedback affect students’
achievement in writing descriptive text?
Review of Literature
 Kalayo (2007, p. 127) Writing is both a process and a product.
 The Process of Writing : Prewriting, Organizing, Writing, Polishing
(Revising and Editing)
 Assessing of Writing Descriptive. Hughey (1983, p. 139- 141)
proposes five components of writing that must be noticed by in a
writing composition : Content, Organization, Vocabulary,
Grammatical features, Mechanics.
 “Feedback is information that is given to the learner about her/his
performance of learning task, usually with the objective of improving
the performance” Penny Ur (1996, p.73)
Methodology
 Location at MTs Darul Fatah Teratak Padang, Kampar Utara. Start
from February to March 2021
 Experimental teaching in MTs Darul Fatah for eighth-grade.
 The experimental Designs used in this research consisted of two class
groups (Experimental class and control class). The class received pre-
test and post-test.

Experiment Class Control Class

Pre-test Pre-test

Treatment None Treatment

Post-test Post-test