additional class using the counselling hours again were used . The schedules of the actions could be presented in the following table below:
Table 3.2 Schedule of Action in Cycle 2 No Cycle Day, Date
Time Text
–Theme
1. II
Saturday, 24
th
May 2014 08.30 -10.05 a.m.
Descriptive-Idol
2. II
Wednesday, 27
th
May 2014 12.20-13.00 p.m.
3. II
Saturday, 31
th
May 2014 08.30 -10.05 a.m.
7. Reflections
After the action was done or implemented, some reflections were done. The reflections on this stage were conducted by evaluating the actions through interviewing
the research team including the English teacher and the students about their response towards the actions. Then, students also filled the questionnaire. If the result showed
some improvement, the research study was ended. It was considered effective to solve and to enhance the students writing performance.
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CHAPTER IV Research Findings and Discussion
A. Reconnaissance
In conducting the research, I worked collaboratively with other research members including the English teacher and the VII F students of SMP N 4 Magelang.
To identify some problems found in English teaching and learning process in SMP N 4 Yogyakarta, class observations, interviews, and survey were conducted. Based on the
first reconnaissance process , it can be concluded that students‟ faced some problems
when they wrote. Second, the English teacher of VII F class and students were interviewed to find out their opinion related to the teaching and learning process. Third,
survey was conducted through distributing the questionnaire before the implementation. The questionnaire questions described some possible problems that students had during
writing.
1. Identification of the Field Problem
The identification of the problem was obtained through the class observation, survey and interview. The first observation was conducted on Thursday, 20
th
February 2014. The situation of the English teaching and learning process in VII F class was
shown in these following vignettes:
