Conceptual Framework LITERATURE REVIEW AND CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK

C. Conceptual Framework

Writing skill of the eighth grade students at SMP N 1 Mungkid still needs to be developed. This situation is caused by several reasons; one of them is dealing with the media that are given in writing class. The teaching technique may not be appropriate with what students want. This situation may lead students have less passion to learn. They only learn writing to complete their duty as students who learn English. They do not have more expectations about their writing. Students actually need suitable teaching technique in order to make them motivated to learn. If the teaching technique is appropriate, students will enjoy the lesson. If they have enjoyed the lesson, they will explore their skill smoothly. As a result, they will produce good writing, in this case. That is why, a solution related to the teaching technique should be found out. The solution should leads students to enjoy writing class without any pressure and boredom. In this case, the researcher offers a solution. It is teaching writing through dictogloss. Dictogloss offers interesting and easy way in writing. It is easier for them to get and arrange the idea. Students are working in group and they learn how to share their idea and combine it with others’ idea in a group. It will guide students to generate idea to write. They will not be confused about what will they write anymore. 38

CHAPTER III RESEARCH METHODS

A. Type of the Research

The research conducted was action research. According to Burns 2010, action research is a self-reflective, systematic and critical approach to enquiry by participants who are at the same time members of the research community. The aim is to identify problematic situations or issues considered by the participants to be worthy of investigation in order to bring about critically informed changes in practice. Action research is underpinned by democratic principles in that ownership of change is invested in those who conduct the research. In other words, the central idea of action research is to solve the problematic situation and to bring about changes and better improvements in practice. In this research study, the researcher directly participated in the research in order to solve the problems existed in the teaching and learning process of writing and to bring improvements to the students’ writing skill of grade VIII students of SMP N 1 Mungkid, Magelang.

B. The setting of the Research

The research conducted was an action research. The research took place in SMP N 1 Mungkid, a junior high school in Blabak, Magelang. SMP N 1 Mungkid has twenty four classes, eight classes for each grade. The classroom has quite large room. It is also equipped with LCD. The research setting was at the class of eighth grade which has 32 students. The school has two language laboratories which are facilitated with tape recorder, speaker, earphone, TV, and AC. The school has a laboratory with many of English books and dictionaries to support the English teaching learning process. There are also English wall magazine to help students developing their skill in English. The classroom condition is good and supports the English teaching learning process. The school also has potential teachers. They always try to improve their knowledge and encourage their students to get their best.

C. Research Subjects

The data were taken from the grade VIII students at SMP N 1 Mungkid, Magelang in the academic year of 2014-2015. The researcher only used a group of students from the VIII C class. The class has 32 students who would be the research participants. They were chosen based on the consideration from the English teacher.

D. Research design

There are two cycles of the research with evaluation on the end of each cycle. On the first cycle, the plan will be discussed with all the members of the research on a certain period of time will be implemented in the class. In the end of the period that will be determined, reflection and evaluation of the program are done. From the evaluation, the weaknesses and problems occurred of the first plan are noted.