Actions and Observations The Research Procedure

To get the situation of teaching and learning process deeply in VII F class, I observed the class again. Here is the vignette: “Ok, I had divided the class into some groups. Please listen” ETEnglish Teacher made the group class arrangement. Some Ss Students felt in hurry to meet their group. Then, ET divided Ss‟s book. She asked them to find and analyze the adjectives and pronouns used in the ir friends‟ descriptive texts. ET reviewed the last material before .After that, the students should report the result in their group first. Ss started their discussion group, but some of students were inactive and did not contribute. Then, in almost end of class, ET was called by the headmaster so the researcher R was asked to replace her administering the class. R should administer the stude nts‟ participation in group discussion also asked them to present their res ult in front of the class. “Ok, class. Have you finished your work?” Belum pak ” Not yet , sir”. They say that they had not finished yet to identify and to write their idea answer to their book. Then R asked Ss to start their presentation “Ok who wants to be the first group sharing their discussion result in front of the class? Don‟t be afraid. “However, Ss looked passive and waited R to point the group…. Vignette 1, 20th February 2014 ……. Ss‟ looked having discussion in pairs to finish their job in making draft about asking and giving information about the notices found in the public area. “ Iki inggrise apa ya ”“What can we say in English these words?” Some students which did not bring dictionary asked their friends some words that possibly used to the other pairs. They looked confused to make it. Even they asked me “ pak, kalo begini betul tidak ya ? ” “Are these words correct or not, Sir ?” R checked Ss‟ work and found some misspelling word writing. “Do you bring your dictionary? Please consult your words in the draft .” “ Coba cek draft mu pakai kamus “ … Finally I warned to point Ss again randomly. Ss complained “ Jangan saya pak ”, “B elum jadi nih ” “ Nanti kalo salah gimana pak. ” “I do not finish it, Sir ”, “I am afraid of making mistake ” Some Ss replied …..in the draft they still wrote the misspelling words on their draft that they gave to me later ignored the use of punctuation, capitalization, and unclear word written related to their mechanics. Vignette 2, 19 th April 2014 Having done two observations, I found that the students were lack of ideas because they took a long time for thinking about what they would write only. They also seemed to lack in self confidence to suggest ideas in front of the class. Furthermore, the class activities were not encouraging and motivating students enough to start their writing. In addition, the interview transcripts with the English Teacher below also showed why students looked passive and not confident to share their idea and to use their creativity while writing: Then, the questionnaires were distributed before implementation for the students to fill in. Some questions in questionnaire described some possible problems that students got during writing. The result of the questionnaire analysis is presented as follows: R : “After I observed the class, I found that the class looked inactive rather passive to try Mam? ” Setelah saya amati di observasi pertama dan kedua ini, saya lihat kok siswa kurang aktif ya atau berani mencoba bu ET : “It is right. VII F class was still inactive and brave to try. They waited me to point them. ” Ya itu mas kelas vii F memang masih kurang aktif bahkan berani, harus beberapa kali saya memberi umpan . R : “I thought that they were lack of confidence Mam.” Saya rasa mereka kurang percaya diri ya bu. ET : “Yes, they were lack of confidence to express their idea in writing. “ Iya mas mereka kurang confident untuk mengeskperesikan ide mereka di tulisan R : “Oh, then I also found that when they wrote they were still followed the given example “ Oh, begitu ya bu. Kemudian saya lihat beberapa anak saat menulis masih mengikuti contoh ya bu. ET : “ Yes, they wrote their text like the given example but they did not develop it . ” Ya itu mas memang mengikuti contoh yang saya berikan tapi ya mereka kurang mengembangkan maksimal. Interview Transcripts, 19 th April 2014 R : Researcher ET : English Teacher