STUDENTS’ PREFERENCES OF THE RESEARCH PROPOSAL WRITING FEEDBACK (A STUDY ON THE 7th SEMESTER STUDENTS OF THE ENGLISH EDUCATION STUDY PROGRAM OF UNIVERSITY OF BENGKULU)

This research aims to reveal the students‟ preferences toward the
supervisor‟s written feedback and the types of written feedback provided by the
supervisor‟s in the students‟ research proposal in terms of the error correction
feedback and the comment feedback. The research design was Mixed-method.
The instruments were a questionnaire and a table checklist. There were 39
samples chosen purposively to gain the quantitative data and 16 documents
chosen from five random students to gain the qualitative data. The quantitative
data were analyzed descriptively and the qualitative data were analyzed
qualitatively. The result shows the type of error correction feedback and comment
feedback preferred by the students respectively are the direct error correction
feedback with the score of 155 (38,46%) and the directive comment feedback with
the score of 293 (22,37%). Besides, the type of error correction feedback and
comment feedback provided by the supervisors respectively are the direct error
correction feedback with the scores of 79 (51,97%) and the referential comment
feedback with the scores of 206 (63,00%).
Keywords: Preferences, Research Proposal, Written Feedback