Conceptual Framework

Writing is a process of transferring thoughts or ideas into words for a purpose. As one of language skills that students are intended to master, it was found that writing is difficult. It is because the students  have to organize their thoughts or ideas and then write them in appropriate ways to produce qualified writing. Moreover, writing is also influenced by some elements such as vocabulary, grammar, organization, punctuation, and spelling. In teaching English, there are some genres in writing. One of them is recount text. Recount text is a kind of text that retells some events in the past for certain purposes; to inform or to entertain the listeners or readers.

For the writing process, revision is as important as drafting. Peer review technique is an essential part of the writing process. It is utilized between the drafting and revision stages, considering the process of writing involves four elements: planning, drafting, editing, and final version.  By peer review technique, students work in pairs to give comment or suggestion, revisions and discuss the feedback given by peer before the writing (final draft) handed in to the teacher. The peer review feedback sheet is also given to the students to make them easily give comments, suggestion and revisions to their pair’s work.

Peer Review technique is a technique that also makes teaching learning process become active. Therefore, this technique is regarded as an appropriate way to improve the students’ achievement in writing recount texts. By working in pairs, the students will be motivated to learn by themselves, share their idea, and practice their critical thinkings.

By applying peer review technique, the students will much more attention to correct errors for their own writing that can improve the quality of their writing. Therefore, it is needed to apply peer review technique to improve the students’ achievement in writing recount text.