Preliminary Observation Planning Acting and Observing

F. Research Procedure

The first step before conducting the research was asking permission. The writer asked for permission from: first the head of Kanisius Language Learning Centre to use one of their schools to be the subject of the research. After asking permission from LLC Kanisius, the writer also asked permission from the course coordinator of Mata Air Rumah Bermain dan Belajar, Condongcatur. Even though TK Mata Air’s pupils are the writer’s pupils, the writer still need to ask permission to the superior of LLC Kanisius. The second step was conducting the research. In conducting the research, the researcher would go through the Classroom Action Research Cycle which is promoted by Kemmis and McTaggart 1982. The cycle are consist of three steps. The steps are Planning, Acting and Observing, and Reflecting. The researcher started the research from Preliminary Observation as the basis of the research and then followed by Planning, Acting and Observing, and Reflecting.

1. Preliminary Observation

This step was the activity when the researcher observed the real situation of the classroom. Further, from this observation, the researcher was able to identify the major problem faced by the pupils in the classroom. During the preliminary observation, the researcher observed: a. The teaching method The researcher observed what method applied by the teacher in the classroom and how it could influence the pupils’ vocabulary mastery. b. The teaching media The researcher also observed the media used by the teacher to teach the pupils and how the media influenced the pupils’ mastery. After finding the major problem from preliminary observation, the researcher formulated the research problem. The researcher also provided further reason why that problem became the main point of this research. Based on the problem formulation, here the researcher formulated the objective to find the solution to the problem.

2. Planning

The planning process consist of the answer of what actions should be implemented in order to solve the problem, who would do the actions, where was the actions would be implemented, when did the action take place, and how it was going to be.

3. Acting and Observing

The next stage was acting implementing and observing. This phase was more complex that the previous phase because while the implementation process taken place there would also the observation phase at the same time. The observation was done during the implementation of the action. Observation was done in order to gather the data and the data would be recorder in the form of field notes and observation checklists. The goal of the observation was to understand, to find out, and to record the result of the action implementation.

4. Reflection