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CHAPTER IV RESEARCH FINDING
This chapter describes the detail of several activities developed as part of implementing Questions and Face book in improving students’ writing skill in
paragraphs of recount text in the classroom action research. The objective is to present the research findings which provide evidence answering problem
statement in chapter one. The description of finding is based on the research field note, writing test, questionnaire, interview and collaborators’ comments on
the action which lasted two cycles. Briefly, the activities were carried out in three weeks.
A. Prior Situation of the Research
This section presents the activities which were done before the action of using questioning technique and face book media in teaching and learning
process.
1. Pre Research
The learning problems occurred in SMP N 2 Sumberlawang, especially in teaching and learning English in grade eight. The result of students’ learning
achievement was not satisfying. It can be proved from the students’ test results that many of them did not pass the passing grade 65 minimum mastery criteria
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65. Students’ English achievement in first and second semester test was 61. It was still under the passing grade.
The students got difficulties in writing recount text. The difficulties are on 1 express ideas coherently, 2 organizing ideas unity, 3 using
vocabulary in context, 4 using correct grammar, and 5 using correct puntuation.
Based on the preliminary study in July 12 2010 on grade 8A at SMP Negeri 2 Sumberlawang, the number of students in the classroom is 32. To get
the preliminary data, the researcher used questionnaire and interview beside the students’ test result above. He gave a test and used a modification of analytic
score to write paragraph. The researcher found that the average of the test was 64. The students who got score more than 65 were 13 students or 40 percent or
classified successful. The rest of 60 percent or 19 students of them were considered failed. Students found difficulties in writing recount text.
Based on the teacher’s observation towards students’ learning attitudes, the students’ motivation and interest in joining English class is still low. The
class situation is still not ideal. The indicators of students’ attitudes are 1 It took long time to start the class 2 Students preferred talking to each other to
doing English activity. When they were asked to do the task, they preferred talking their own business to doing task, 3 when they were asked to work in
group there was not learning community in the group. Only the clever did the task. When the teacher asked them to complete sentences using the words taken
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from the text in group, they did nothing. 4 They did something which did not have relationship with the teaching learning process. Some students drew
unnecessary things when they were asked to do reading task. 5. Most students were shy to express their ideas to other students or other people.
2. Planning Teaching and Learning Activities Using Questioning
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