f. Giving handouts
The handouts were designed to help the students comprehend the materials easier. The handouts given to the students were
collected by the researcher herself from various sources. The researcher collected the materials related to the topics from various
sources. It aimed to vary the students’ learning sources.
g. Giving feedback on students’ work
This action would be done during the lesson to avoid the students to make the same mistakes in another chance. Giving
feedback in the classroom provided constructive advice and guidance to the students in their effort to improve their achievement.
However, the feedback given should not be de-motivating in order to make the students highly motivated in learning the English subject.
h. Asking the students to bring the dictionary
The students were asked to bring the dictionary in each meeting. The researcher asked them to bring a bilingual one which
was very useful for the students to get clear meaning of the words. Intermittently, the researcher displayed an electronic monolingual
dictionary in order to make the students know how they should use the target words in sentences. By opening the dictionary frequently,
the students might improve their vocabulary and pronunciation mastery.
2. Actions and Observations
Cycle I was done in two meetings which were held on April 16
th
and 20
th
, 2016. The researcher and the English teacher shared their duties along the teaching and learning process of Cycle I. The researcher was
the teacher in the classroom who implemented the actions. She focused on the implementation of the video recording project to improve the
students’ speaking skill. Meanwhile, the English teacher as the collaborator observed the teaching and learning process and took notes.
Before handling the first meeting of Cycle 1, the researcher conducted a pre-test to collect the preliminary data before the actions
implemented which was held on April 13
th
2016. She carried out performance assessment approach to gain the pre-test data. The aspects
assessed were vocabulary, grammar, fluency, and pronunciation. The report of the actions and observations of Cycle 1 are presented
below.
a. Implementing the video recording project
As being planned before, the video recording project was implemented in the last meeting on Cycle 1 which was held on
Wednesday, April 20
th
, 2016. This activity was carried out in pairs because the students were shy to perform individually. It also aimed
to challenge them to read a poem with a partner. It was not only reading it in turns but also they should make a good collaboration.
Considering the whole video recording project activity, the researcher saw the students were enthusiastic in doing the project.
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