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Because of the limited time and finance, the research was conducted to the students of Class IX A MTs NW 1 Kembang Kerang. Class IX A consists of 32
students and all of them are boys. Most students 90 are from Kembang Kerang village and 10 are from out of the village. Those who come from out
of the village, usually stay in an Islamic boarding house which is near the school. The students come from different social and economics background.
Most of them came from poor and low social status families. According to the previous teacher, most students did the task when the
teacher asked them although the result of their task was still far from the teachers’ expectation. It can be seen from the result of the pre-test given. Based
on the students’ test achievement, this class is categorized into low achievers among the other classes. In this case the researcher chooses Class IX A due to
the fact that the problem faced by this class was writing problem. They got many difficulties in writing such as generating ideas, arranging sentences, organizing
sentences, having lack of vocabulary, and making coherence. That is why the researcher takes a classroom action research in order to solve the problems.
C. Research Method
This research belongs to classroom action research. Action research is known by many other names, including participatory research, collaborative
inquiry, emancipatory research, action learning, and contextural action research, but all are variations on a theme. Put simply, action research is “learning by
doing” - a group of people identify a problem, do something to resolve it, see how successful their efforts were, and if it is not satisfied, try again. While this
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is the essence of the approach, there are other key attributes of action research that differentiate it from common problem-solving activities engaged in
everyday. Classroom Action Research CAR is a from of Self-Reflective
Enquiry under taken by participants is social situation in order to improve the rational and justice of a their own social or educational practices b
their understanding of these practices, and c the situation in which the practices are carried out. Kemmis in Hopkin, 1993:44.
In this case, Classroom Action Research includes some aspects to do in order to get the findings accurately.
Also Mills 2003: 5 states that “Classroom Action Research CAR is any systematic inquiry conducted by teachers, researchers, principles, school
counselors, or stake holders in teachinglearning environment to gather information about how their particular school operate, how they teach, and how
well the student learn” It encourages teachers to be reflective on their practices in order to improve their own teaching and learning activities for the sake of
themselves and their students. Considering the notion of CAR, the use of CAR is, therefore, inevitable
due to its appropriateness with the fundamental features of this study which starts from focusing on solving problems in the classroom setting. An important
feature of action research is that is offers opportunities for collaborative work. Thus, this research is conducted collaboratively in which that the researcher
cooperates with a fellow English teacher who also teaches at the same school with the writer.
Koshy 2007: 27 states “Action Research is a cyclical process, it covers some steps: planning implementing, observing, and reflecting”. This is also in
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line with Kemmis in Hopkin 1993: 48 states that” there are some steps that must be involved which can be described as a spiral of steps. Each step has four
stages: plan-act-observe-reflect”. Action Research is efforts to overcome education problems and to improve the education quality done by the teachers
and others related to their reflections upon the effect of those actions. It can be concluded that an action research in this study means the
systematic study of attempts to improve the teaching and learning process in order that the English learners’ achievement are satisfactory.
The research procedure summarized as figured in figure. 2 the figure of the Classroom Action Research procedure is adapted from Kemmis and Taggart
in Hopkin 1993: 48.
Figure 2. CAR Procedure
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Adapted from Kemmis and Taggart in Hopkin 1993: 48
D. Research Procedure
