IMPROVING STUDENTS’ DESCRIPTIVE TEXT WRITING ACHIEVEMENT BY USING ERROR CORRECTION FEEDBACK
Abstract
Abstract : Writing skill is a language skill that is very important to learn for students and considered as a complex and difficult subject. It is because writing forces students to think about the topic, develop the topic, and arrange ideas into a good composition. This research was intended to improve the seventh-A grade students’ descriptive text writing achievement at MTs Zahrotul Islam Dringu Probolinggo by using error correction feedback. Therefore, classroom action research was conducted. In the writing achievement test cycle 1, the students who got score ≥ 70 were 20 students or 80% and the students who got score under 70 were 5 students or 20%. In conclusion, the use of error correction feedback could improve the seventh-A grade students’ descriptive text writing achievement at MTs Zahrotul Islam Dringu Probolinggo.
Key Words : error, correction, feedback, writing, achievement
