The Role of Feedback in Improving Students’ Writing Competence

Abstract

This article examines the critical role of feedback in developing students’ writing competence. Writing is a multifaceted skill requiring grammatical knowledge, lexical range, and the ability to organize ideas coherently. Feedback, whether from teachers or peers, provides learners with targeted guidance, identifies errors, and motivates revision. Based on my observations as an educator, students who receive structured and constructive feedback demonstrate significant improvement in sentence variety, coherence, and clarity of argumentation. The article discusses corrective, formative, and peer feedback and highlights effective strategies for integrating feedback into writing instruction. Findings indicate that systematic feedback enhances learners’ autonomy, confidence, and critical thinking skills, ultimately improving overall writing performance.