commit to user concluded that there was an improvement of vocabulary mastery of the
students before and after the cycle I. There was also an improvement in
achieving each aspect of vocabulary in the first posttest.
Nevertheless, the result of cycle 1 had not been satisfying because there were some weaknesses during the implementation of the action. When the
teacher asked the students to write their answer on the board, there were some students who did not want to do that. They were afraid to make mistakes.
d. Reflecting
After the treatment in this cycle, the students’ score improved. The mean score of post test was 63.36. It is better than the pre-test 53.88. The
level of significance of the improvement between pre-test 1 and post-test 1 is 4.89 the t
t
for 25 students is 2.060. After observing and analyzing the result of the observation in cycle I, the writer found positive results and weaknesses
in the first cycle. They were described as follows: 1 Positive Results
a Using word webs as brainstorming helped students tune in the lesson and also create new word understanding.
b The combination of word webs and picture helped students in understanding words.
c There was an improvement of students’ behavior in teaching and learning process. The students did the task and assignment actively.
The communication between the teacher and students arouse because
commit to user the students were not only given a lot of assignment. The teacher
facilitated them to learn through word webs. d There was an improvement of students’ vocabulary mastery. It was
proven by the improvement of the post-test result. 2 Weaknesses
a The students tended to be noisy in implementing word webs in brainstorming. The students answered the teacher’s question
irregularly. They laughed at their friends’ answer that was wrong. Therefore, it was needed to give warning to the students who were
noisy. b Although the picture helped the students in understanding words,
sometimes sticking picture for each student was so tiring. It also spent a lot of time to finish it.
c There were some students who were afraid to write their answer on the board.
By analyzing the observation result, the researcher and collaborator concluded that word webs was suitable technique for the students in learning
and practicing new vocabulary, but the students still made some mistakes, and more students made mistakes in using words in certain context and spelling
some words correctly.
e. Revising the Plan
commit to user To solve the problems in cycle 1, the researcher and collaborator
decided to conduct cycle 2. They revised the plan in order to correct the weaknesses in cycle 1. The plan for the next cycle would be more focused on
teaching spelling and word use, making the students answer the teacher’s question regularly and avoiding class noisy, grouping the students in order to
decrease wasting time, and also conducting the teaching learning process in fun activity.
2. Cycle 2
