Targeted feedback for Indonesian-speaking classrooms in higher education context: A perspective from educators’ lens

Abstract

In today's interconnected world, excellent communication is essential to develop relationships and cooperate with people from various cultural backgrounds. Therefore, individuals with strong speaking abilities can explain their views clearly, negotiate successfully, and develop rapport across borders. However, many students are still facing difficulties and anxiety in producing spoken context in English classrooms. In terms of speaking skills in the EFL context, targeted feedback is a sort of instruction that is particular and focused, given to an individual based on their performance, activities, or habits. In educational settings, it is intended to specifically address specific parts of an individual's work or skill development in a precise manner. This qualitative study that involved 10 lecturers at college levels aimed to reveal their perspectives on the targeted feedback for speaking proficiency. The multiple-case study was applied here to identify and analyze the issue in speaking classrooms. Focus Group Discussion was conducted as a research instrument and analyzed using verbatim techniques. Findings revealed teachers are still facing challenges, yet they are exploring good chances to nurture students’ speaking skills at the same time. Additionally, the perspectives also figured out the principles of targeted feedback practised by the lecturers in speaking classes.