CHAPTER III RESEARCH METHOD RESEARCH METHOD
C. Research Subject
The Research subject of this classroom action research was the Second Student of SMP Darul Istiqamah Maccopa . The number of subject in the class consisted of 16 Students.
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This research was conducted in four steps. They were: planning, action, observation and reflection as follows:
Figure 3.1 Procedure Steps
Cycle I
In this research, the researcher took four meetings to finish cycle I. the cycle consisted of four steps namely: planning, action, observation and reflection.
Every step was explained clearly as follows:
a. Planning
1) Understanding the Curriculum used in the 2014/2015 2) Designing lesson planning based on the Curriculum 3) Designing instruments which were used in this research
Reflection
Reflection Cycle II Action Action
Observation
Planning Cycle I
Observation Planning
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4) Arranging tests to know the students’ achievement toward the Application of Communicative Approach
b. Action
1) The first meeting
- The researcher started activities by checking the students’ attendance - At the first meeting, the researcher gave the teaching contract to the
students
- The teacher explained the method used in the research and the instructional objectives that would be achieved
- The researcher explained the topic to discuss ( Gettng to Know others) - The researcher gave questions to the students to dig their prior knowledge
about Getting to know Others. For example : - What is Your ambition?
- Why dou stay here?
- The researcher asked the students to sit in a pair and gave the material which was going to be practiced
- The teacher explains the way to do the material in pair and after that gave chance to the students to practice it. During the practice ,the researcher controlled and guided them.
- At the end of the class, the researcher asked the students toward the difficulties faced.
27 2) The second meeting
- The researcher told the students the topic which was going to be practiced in the conversation (Getting to Know Others)
- The researcher dug the students’ prior knowledge about recreation experience by giving questions. For example :
What is Your ambition ?
Why do You want to be (depend on ambition?
- The researcher asked the students to sit in a pair and distributed the material to the students.
- The researcher explained the material to the students and after that gave opportunity for them to practice it. During the speaking process the researcher controlled and guided them.
3) The third meeting
- The researcher started the learning process by stimulating the students’
thought through the questions referring to the topic which was going to be practiced . for example :
What do you usually do before going to picnic ?
When did you recently going to picnic ?
- The researcher told the students that ”today’s lesson is doing the Taking Recreation
- The researcher had the students sit in a group. And every group consisted of three or four students. In the group the students practiced the material distributed by the researcher by using interview technique. In this case,
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one student was as an interviewer and three or two were as the interviewee which was done in turn in the group.
4) The fourth meeting
- The researcher told the students that “ today we are going Taking Recreation”
- The researcher started the learning process by stimulating the students’
thought through the questions referring to the topic which was going to be practiced . for example :
- What do you think of the place ? - Can you describe of the place ?
- The researcher had the students sit in a group. In the group, it consisted of three or four students. Two or three students were as the interview and one was as an interviewee.
c. Observation
1) Taking discussion with the teachers in SMP Darul Istiqamah as the beginner observation in formulating a title
2) Taking observation toward the Application of Communicative Approach 3) Noting every action and every change happened when Appling
Communicative Approach
4) Getting the students’ suggestion toward the Application of Communicative Approach
d. Reflection
1) Analyzing findings when taking observation
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2) Analyzing disadvantages and advantages when applying the Application of Communicative Approach all at one considering the next steps
3) Taking reflection toward the Application of Communicative Approach 4) Taking reflection toward the Students’ achievement result
After finishing the cycle I, the result of the learning process was not significant to what the researcher expect sothe cycleIIwas taken again for improvement of the cycle achievement.
Cycle II a. Planning
1) Evaluating the result of reflection, discussing and finding the improvement to be applied for the next learning process.
2) Noting the problem faced when the learning process went on 3) Designing the lesson planning of cycle II based on cycle I b. Action
1) The first meeting
- At the beginning of the class, the rsearcher told the topic bout making a friend
- For example : when i was at the senior high school i didn’t live with my family in village but i lived with the other people in Makassar because i studied there. I have many friends, but my best friend is Rudi, because I always play with him.
- The researcher dug the students’ prior knowledge relating to the story above by asking them questions.
30 - A : Do you have a best friend?
- B : Yes, I do
- A : Is your best friend classmate?
- B : My best friend is my classmate
The researcher had the students sit in a group which consisted of three or four student. Then distributed the material practiced by using interview technique. In the interview, one student was as an interviewer and two or three students were the interviewee.
2) The second meeting
- The researcher told the students that “Today’s lesson is to discuss about Making a Friend”.
The researcher : where are you from?
The researcher : do you live in this city?
The researcher : where did you lived before?
- The researcher had the students sit in a group and gave them the material practiced by using interview tecnique. In the interview, two or three students were as the interview and one was as an interviewee.
3) The third meeting
- The researcher started the teaching process by giving the students explanation about Living Experience in the City
- The researcher dug the students’ prior knowledge toward Living Experience in the city by giving questions.
For example :
- A : where are you from?
31 - B : I am from Takalar
- A : do you live in this city?
- B : yes, I do
- The researcher had the students sit in a pair and then distributed the material practiced by using interview technique. In the interview, one student was as an interviewer and the one again was an interviewee. This is done in turn.
4) The fourth meeting
- The researcher told the students that “Today we are going to talk about parent’s role in educating their child”.
- The researcher asked the students the questions to dig their prior knowledge about the topic discussed.
What is your parent’s role in your house?
Do you ever neglect your parent’s command ? why?
- The researcher had the students sit in a pair and the distributed the material practiced by using interview technique. In the interview, one student was as an interviewer and two and three students were as the interviewee, on the contrary.
c. Observation
1) Taking observation toward the Application of Communicative Approach 2) Noting change happened
3) Discussing the problem faced and giving reflection d. Reflection
1) Reflecting the learning process of Communicative Approach
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2) Reflecting the students achievement toward the Application of Communicative Approach
From the two cycles above,The result acquired was significant. it means that the researcher could improve students’ speaking abilty in terms of accuracy dealing with vocabulary and pronunciation and fluency dealing with smoothness and self-confidence.