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Based on the definitions above Classroom Action Research is an effective medium
in improving the quality of English teachers’ performance in instruction as well as students’ achievement in learning English in classrooms. In Classroom
Action Research, English teachers assess the effectiveness of their own teaching activities and plan the improvement based on the result of the assessment.
Classroom Action Research for English Instruction is aimed at developing innovative instructional strategy that can help enhance the success in students’
learning English. English teachers believe that every student can succeed in learning English
if appropriate learning strategy is provided. When students fail in learning English, the mistake is on the teachers who do not provide appropriate help to the
students. When the students fail in learning English, it must be because the teachers have failed in helping them. And this is the teachers’ problem.
Identifying classroom problems and trying to solve the problems can be done through the process of Classroom Action research. It is the job of professional
teachers to identify their classroom problems and to try to solve the problems.
C. Classroom Action Research Setting
Setting in this research includes research place, time, subject and object of research, and the cycles of classroom action research.
1. Place, Subject and Object of the Research
This classroom action research took place at SMK Triguna Utama Ciputat Tangerang Selatan, an
“A” accreditation. The writer chooses this school because she was chosen to perform Praktek Profesi Keguruaan
Terpadu PPKT first, and she found that the teaching learning activities need some improvement in order to enhance student achievement. So, it
urges the writer to do her research at this school based on her experience during the PPKT. And on December 29
th
2010, SMK Triguna Utama reached the ISO 9001:2008.
Subject in this study is I Electro B I EB, academic year 20102011 with 28 students and all of them are male. This class is chosen because from
the observation and interview with the teacher, the writer got information
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that this class has weakness in English vocabulary. The object of this study is semantic mapping strategy to enrich
students’ vocabulary.
2. Time of the study
The research was done for almost two months starting from October up to November 2010. The time is decided based on the school academic
calendar because classroom action research needs some cycles to do in order the teaching-learning process will be effective in the class and gain the action
success.
3. Research Design
This classroom action research is done through two cycles including trying out the semantic mapping strategy, to test how much the semantic
mapping can solve the students’ vocabulary problems. The procedure of this research used Kemmis and Mc.Taggart
“spiral” design, which consists of two cycles which each cycle follows four phases: planning, acting,
observing, and reflecting.
Figure 3.1 Kemmis and McTaggart spiral” design
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D. Classroom Action Research Procedures
