Improving Students’ Ability in Writing Recount Text Using Peer Correction

Abstract

This article discusses the implementation of Peer Correction technique to improve the students’ ability in writing a recount text at a senior high school in Wonogiri. This research aimed to know how Peer Correction technique can be implemented effectively to improve the students’ writing ability and to what extent the improvement can be achieved. The qualitative data were collected through observation, questionnaire, and interview. While quantitative data were obtained from the students’ tests. The findings submitted that: 1)Peer Correction can be implemented effectively because of the students’ learning awareness during the correction process which help them to get a better reflection related with their own future written tasks and it must be supported with an adequate feedback especially face-to face feedback, 2) it could improve the students’ writing competence viewed from the improvement in the five aspect namely grammar, content, vocabulary, mechanic, and organization, 3) it also makes a better classroom dynamic during the writing class. As the finding of this research has not yet investigated the effect on self-evaluation, further researches might be in a longer period are highly recommended.