Oral Corrective Feedback in the Perception of Islamic Junior High School English Teachers and Students

Abstract

This research aimed to investigate oral corrective feedback (OCF) practice, teachers’ and students’ perception toward it and the relationship among those three. It is a basic interpretive study which involved three English teachers and students from three classes of the eighth grade (thirty-six students for each) in a state-Islamic junior high school. The data collection method covered observation sheets, video recordings, a questionnaire and interview. The results showed explicit correction and recasting as the highest appearance frequency of OCF practice because the teachers felt that both types are the most effective and simplest way to provide feedback. They have the same perception that providing OCF can make the students’ speaking become better, but it still needs to consider their feelings. Even though, students’ perceptions showed different and makes them pay less attention because they see it as something usual. However, they feel fine to accept it as long as it uses an ‘easy-understood’ type of OCF and not mad or shy when they receive it at all. Then, it showed that the relationship of OCF, teachers’ and students’ perception is aligned for the OCF practice and the feelings but missed in the perception of teachers’ purpose of giving OCF and how students take it for their next speaking.  All in all, considering how OCF is implemented, which is viewed from both teachers and students, can influence how well the OCF may work for achieving better English speaking.