Exploring EFL Students’ Perception in Using Guided Questions for Giving Feedback

Abstract

Feedback has a crucial role in increasing the quality of writing. By getting the precise feedback, a writer can do the proper revision to perfect his writing. However, giving and getting the right feedback is not easy for students who are learning to write. They need something which can be used as a guide to give feedback. One of the alternatives to do this is by delivering questions as a guide. Thus, this research was aimed at finding out the students' perception in the use of questions as a guide to give feedback. This study was followed by 35 students of the English Language Education Study Program at Pattimura University who enrolled in Academic Writing class, academic year 2019/2020. Survey method was used as research method. The data was collected using questionnaire as research instrument. Data collected was analyzed using descriptive data analysis. From data analysis result, it was found that students have positive perception in using guided questions for giving feedback. The positive perception was because the guided questions have given direction and assisted the students to stay focus during the feedback process. It means that the guiding questions were proven to be beneficial in helping students giving the right feedback to increase the quality of their classmates' writing.

Keywords: Students’ perception; guided questions; feedback

DOI: 10.7176/JEP/12-5-05

Publication date: February 28^th 2021