Factors Influencing the Usefulness of Peer Review towards EFL Learners’ Writing Performance

This study attempts to present the correlation of students’ perspective on the use of peer review towards students’ writing performance in Essay Writing Class in English Education Program, Faculty of Cultural Studies, Universitas Brawijaya. The research subjects were 118 students of the third semester in academic year 2018/2019 taking Essay Writing Class. In collecting data, writing scores were used to represent students’ writing performance and a questionnaire to know students’ satisfaction with peer review sessions. The result of the study proved the correlation to be weak. The paper then discusses some factors that influence the usefulness of peer review session in helping students revising their drafts, such as students’ background knowledge of the topic being written; students’ scant proficiency in English; students’ attitudes and time allotment in doing peer review session; and interpersonal relationship among students.