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Peer Response is a learning activity where students review and comment on each other's writing. The study aimed to investigate the effectiveness of Peer Response in improving students' writing skills. The researcher introduced two new activities before Peer Response: grammatical error feedback using Kahoot! and peer reading of model composition using the jigsaw method. The results showed that these activities helped students to correct their mistakes and improve their writing skills. The study also found that Peer Response was effective in lowering students' affective filter and increasing their input and output. The researcher concluded that Peer Response could play an important role in helping learners to have an active discussion and improve their writing skills.

The study also discussed the challenges of implementing Peer Response in a classroom setting, including the difficulty of getting students to make negative comments on each other's writing and the gap in writing proficiency among students. The researcher suggested that using Kahoot! and peer reading of model composition could help to address these challenges.

The paper also reviewed previous studies on Peer Response, including the work of Ikeda (1999), Hirose (2000), and Kageyama (2007). These studies found that Peer Response was effective in improving students' writing skills, but also noted the challenges of implementing it in a classroom setting.

Overall, the study suggested that Peer Response could be an effective way to improve students' writing skills, but it required careful planning and implementation to address the challenges that arose in a classroom setting.