Second Cycle Research Design

3.1.2 Second Cycle

Basically the activities provided in the second cycle will be the same as the ones given in the first cycle but I will make some necessary improvement and correction about the weaknesses which may be found in the first cycle in order to provide better and more effective activities in the classroom. The series of activities which will be conducted in the second cycle are explained as follows: a. Planning In the second cycle, I make some preparation according to the result of the activities conducting in the first cycle. They are: 1. Preparing the materials which consist of new fifteen classroom instructions in the form of 2D animations. 2. Revising the lesson plan for the second cycle, the achievement test and the second questionnaire 3. Making the observation checklist to measure the students‟ improvement in the second cycle. b. Action In this step, I will provide the students with some activities which have been prepared before. The activities are: 1. In the warm up activity, I will give some instructions related to the material in the previous activities. 2. I will Review all of the materials in the previous meeting. 43 3. I will play a series of 2D animations which contain new fifteen expressions of classroom instructions. The animations are equipped with sounds and writing in English so that the students can know the writing of the sentences and how to pronounce them. 4. To get clearer understanding, I will play the animations one by one, drill the students how to pronounce the sentences, and then ask them to discuss the meaning of the English words. In this step, the students are supposed to actively participate in telling the meaning of words. 5. I then allow students to give simulations independently. Here, the students will work in pairs. One of them gives the instructions while the other responds it. 6. The next step, I will ask ten students to respond the instructions and the other ten students give instructions for their classmates. As it happened in the first cycle, this activity will become the test for the end of the second cycle. 7. During this activity the students who do not get the turn will become the evaluators for their friends‟ performance. 8. During the lesson, I will also observe the students‟ participations in the classroom to measure their motivations and interests by referring seven indicators; students‟ attendance, attentions, responses, readiness, ability, involvements, and interests. 9. I will give reinforcement for the students who did their job well. 10. I will introduce a song entitled “Hokey Pokey” for keeping students‟ motivation. 11. In the end of the meeting, the students will do an achievement test. This test is used to know the students‟ understanding of all materials given. The students also have to answer the second questionnaire in order to know their opinion about the process of teaching classroom instructions by making use of animations and TPR method. c. Observation The next step is observation about the teaching and learning process in the second cycle. In this part, I will observe the students improvement in participating in the activities and their understanding about the expressions of classroom instructions. The observation aspects will be same as the ones used in the first cycle with the concern of the aspects that the students have not achieved yet. d. Reflection Reflection is the activity of evaluating critically about the treatment given and the result of observation during the activities in the classroom to know whether the students show any progress or change after the treatment given. In this step, the researcher can decide whether it is necessary to revise and conducting next cycle actions or not. Below is the schedule of the activities that will be conducted during the research. 45 Table 3.1 The Schedule of Activities during the Research Meeting Activities 1 Observing teaching and learning process in the classroom 2 Giving first questionnaire Having an interview with the English teacher 3 Conducting the first cycle 4 Conducting the test of the first cycle 5 Conducting the second cycle 6 Conducting the test of the second cycle 7 Conducting the achievement test Giving the second questionnaire

3.2 Subject of the study