The Setting and Subject of the Study

C. The Procedure of the Study

Figure 3.2 Design of Research Cycles Adopted from Kurt Lewin Design Analysis and findings Analysis : Analyzing the result of preliminary study Finding : Result of students’ reading comprehension of descriptive text was still low. Causes : 1. The students have difficulty to understand of meaning passage. 2. The students were not actively involved in reading class. Preliminary Study Interviewing the English teacher, giving questionnaire and pretest to the students in the second year of SMP Bakti Mulya 400 Jakarta . Planning 1. Designing lesson plan. 2. Preparing observation form. 3. Preparing the material and media. 4. Setting the criteria of succses Acting Conducting the lesson plan Observation Observing the teaching learning condition. Reflecting 1. Evaluating teaching and learning process. 2. Analyzing collected data. 3. Discussing with English teacher. Cycle 1 Planning 1. Identifying the problem in cycle I. 2. Revising lesson planning. 3. Preparing observation form and instrument. Reflecting 1. Evaluating teaching learning process in cycle II. 2. Analyzing collected data. 3. Discussing with English teacher. Action Conducting the revision of lesson plan. Observation Observing the teaching learning process. Cycle II As mention before, this study as followed Kurt Lewin suggests four phases for classroom action research. They are planning, acting, observing and reflecting. Those four phases is called as one cycle. The researcher used more than one cycle in case of the learning problem unfinished yet. Then, the researcher used the same concept for the second cycle. First of all, the preliminary study was done by the researcher before implementation of CAR. It was conducted on 24 th – 26 th August 2010. Here the resear cher carried out the observation to the students’ activity in the teaching learning process in grade VIII-4 class of SMP Bakti Mulya 400 Jakarta. Then the researcher conducted an informal interview to the teacher related to the condition of teachers’ and students’ problem in teaching and learning activities of English especially on reading comprehension. After the preliminary was conducted, the researcher begins this research with the following the procedures:

1. Planning Phase

In this phase, after identifying the students the students’ problem of comprehending descriptive reading text through observing and interviewing is done, the researcher narrows the problem down so that it can be manageable. Then the researcher prepared all things concerning the implementation of CAR. The preparation consisted of designing lesson plan, preparing the instrument, and setting the criteria of CAR success. The researcher designed lesson plan herself, it was organized for each cycle. Based on the agreement between the writer and the teacher that is each cycle consist of two meetings, the writer prepared 4 lesson plans to conduct the teaching activity. The lesson plan mentions any instruction regarding procedures of teaching, media, and resources. After finish to prepare lesson plan, the researcher prepared the instruments to collect the data during the implementation of CAR. The researcher prepared some instruments such as the interview guidelines,

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