Abstract :
This study is aimed at describing (1) the process of implementation of peer editing
in learning writing descriptive text to the second grade students of SMP N 3
Pekalongan East Lampung, and (2) the students’ perception about the value of
peer editing in writing. This study is descriptive qualitative research. The research
was conducted at SMPN 3 Pekalongan, East Lampung. The subject was the class
VIII 1 which consisted of 30 students. The instruments used to collect the data
were classroom observation, questionnaire, and interview.
In this study, the observation showed that in implementing peer editing, the
teacher already followed the stages suggested by Zeng (2006). Furthermore, the
students also responded to peer editing positively. From the questionnaire and
interview, the writer found that most of the students had positive perception about
peer editing in writing activity. They believed that peer editing brought some
advantages for them.