275 STUDENTS’ PERCEPTION OF ORAL CORRECTIVE FEEDBACK IN SPEAKING CLASSES By Asnawi Teuku Zulfikar Inas Astila 1 Syiah Kuala University, Banda Aceh ABSTRACT This survey was aimed at finding out students‟ perceptions towards lecturers‟ oral corrective feedback in speaking classes. This survey involved 100 fourth semester students of the Department of English Language Education at Ar-Raniry State Islamic University (UIN Ar- Raniry) in Banda Aceh. They were randomly chosen to fulfil the estimated population needed for the survey sample. A modified questionnaire from Calsiyao (2015) and Elsaghayer (2014) was used to collect the data. The results showed that the students perceived the lecturers‟ oral corrective feedback as an important part of language learning. The lecturers‟ oral corrective feedback was very helpful in improving the speaking ability of the students. Keywords: Students’ Perceptions, Oral Corrective Feedback, Speaking Class, Learning Improvement. INTRODUCTION Brown and Rodgers (2002) argue that, errors made by students in using the target language should be corrected. Research done by Kassa (2011) also showed that from four teachers being studied, all of them agreed that errors by students, especially oral errors in using the target language should be corrected. Rydahl (2005) also added that the majority of teachers found that error correction, usually called feedback, can help students to improve their language proficiency, 1 Corresponding author: inas_astila@yahoo.com