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researcher could gain the information whether the feedback helped the students or not in improving student
s‟ grammar accuracy of simple past tense. The researcher would analyze the data in percentage, and score description.
There were 2 criteria of successful in this research: 1. The
students‟ error percentage of simple past tense decreased from preliminary study until second cycle.
2. More than half of the students in the class could pass the KKM Kriteria
Ketuntasan Minimal which was 6.5.
G. Research Procedure
The researcher conducted Classroom Action Research. The research was conducted in XD class SMAN 1 Depok. There were 36 students in XD and all of
them joined the research from the preliminary study until the second cycle. There were two cycles in the research. The first cycle was conducted on May 9, 2012
and the second cycle was conducted on May 16, 2012. Before implementation, the researcher conducted preliminary study on May 2, 2012.
The researcher found the problem when she did Internship Program Program Pengalaman Lapangan
in SMAN 1 Depok after that she did preliminary study on May 2, 2012 to make sure the problem faced by the students.
After that, the researcher started making plan to solve the students ‟ problems.
The researcher conducted the first cycle on May 9, 2012. The researcher returned the
students‟ writing products which had been given feedback by the researcher and asked the students to revise them. Then, the researcher asked the
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students to submit their revisions. After that, the researcher asked the students to write new narrative texts and they had to submit them in the end of the class. The
researcher checked and analyzed the students‟ writing products at home. The
researcher also gave feedback in a form of corrections, comments, suggestions by circling and marking the
students‟ writing products. The second cycle was held on May 16, 2012. The researcher returned the
students‟ writing products which they have written in the first cycle. The researcher had given feedback in the
students‟ writing products such as corrections, comments or suggestions. Then, the researcher asked them to revise
and submit their writing products. After that, the researcher asked the students to write new narrative texts and submit them in the end of the class. In the end of
second cycle, the researcher also asked the students to fill questionnaire to obtain more information about the use of teacher
‟s feedback.
CHAPTER IV RESEARCH RESULTS AND DISCUSSION
