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WRITING II



                                        FEEDBACK ON ACADEMIC ESSAYS


                  Feedback  is  a  process  where  students  receive  some  hints  about  a  preview  task.  On

                  academic essays, a feedback could have some positive and negative effects. Personally, I

                  think that a feedback will help students to improve their final assignments.  However,
                  there are some students that think a feedback is a waste of time.


                  One advantage is that a feedback helps students to improve their writing skills during the
                  process. According to (Paulus, 1999), in the writing process is a need that the teacher and

                  classmates gives some advice. Because of it, students can develop and improve their final

                  tasks. I think that it is an advantage, but sometimes, some students feel much pressure
                  because of requirements that their teachers ask them to do.


                  Another advantage is when a teacher gives a feedback, he/ she teaches some strategies to
                  improve their writing. (Paulus, 1999) said, teachers would like to teach students strategies

                  to generate ideas. They hope that students improve their levels with feedbacks. Some
                  teachers think that a peer feedback is a good idea, but I think that it could be difficult.

                  According to (Hall, Mk, Kingdom, & Richardson, n.d.), to have an effective feedback,

                  people need to be objective, clear and meaningful. However, some classmates do not take
                  it seriously. Instead of help to improve, they provoke confusion. Because of that, I think

                  that it is better that a feedback should deal by a teacher.

                  The last advantage is that a feedback help to realize about grammar errors. After the

                  feedback, students can correct their errors. They change native expression to academic
                  expression. Teachers ask them to be clear to express well their ideas. On the other hand,

                  (Bitchener, Young, & Cameron, 2005) said, that the feedback could be harmful and it

                  should be avoided on academic writing.

                  As a conclusion, the feedback could give students some advantages. However, teachers

                  should  be  careful  when  they  use  strategies  as  peer  feedback.  Also,  students  need  to
                  understand that a feedback has the objective to help to improve not misunderstand it.










                                                                                  Erika Valencia Jácome
                                                                                           21/01/2018
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