The students were also not confused again with the teacher’s instruction in telling the topic since he wrote the topic in the white board. Applying the
presentation session of the jigsaw group in the ICOT stage also gave a good effect for the students. They became more serious and confident in sharing their ideas
since the presentation process was also scored in Cycle 2.
c. Providing More Input Texts in the Form of Handouts
With the revision of the handout, the students became challenged in doing the task. Their understanding toward the text was improved because the various
models of the text were presented in the handout. They were willing to understand the text and identify the components of the text by underlining those parts.
d. Giving the Students an Opportunity to be More Active Through Group Discussion and Group Sharing Section.
The last action was giving the students an opportunity to be more active through a group discussion and a group sharing section. In the discussion process,
each group could undergo it well so they could find the specific information of the text easily. Each of the students was active to discuss the text and they had
responsibility to the jigsaw group so each of the students was contributed in the class. It could be seen from the field note below.
Masing-masing Ss berbagi peran di kelompok dengan cara mengerjakan soal teks yang menjadi bagiannya di grup ahli.
Each of the students took part in their jigsaw group by doing the task of the text that became their master or topic in the expert group.
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They were not reluctant to share their ideas because they enjoyed with their friend and they dared to deliver their opinion to the teacher.
D. Finding and Discussion
The research consisted of two cycles in the implementation. Cycle 1 was conducted in five meetings and Cycle 2 was conducted in four meetings. The
action of the research began from 16 April 2014 and ended on 28 May 2014. The aim of this research was to improve the students’ reading comprehension of class
VII C. The summary and the result of both Cycle 1 and Cycle 2 were reported below.
1. The Result of Cycle 1
In Cycle 1, the actions were not totally success because of some obstacles faced by the researcher in the field. Meanwhile some aspects were improved and
some weaknesses were found. They are presented below.
a. The Improvements of Cycle 1
The improvements found in Cycle 1 are reported below. 1 The students’ attention to the classroom activity was improved.
2 The students showed enthusiasm. 3 The students could find the main idea of the text easily through group
discussion. 4 The students’ vocabulary was increased through the use of handouts
