CHAPTER IV RESEARCH FINDINGS
AND DISCUSSION
The research was aimed to improve the Grade XII students’ writing skills at SMA N 2 Sleman. The study was held according to the steps that have been
prepared before. The researcher focused on using picture series to improve the students’ writing skills. This chapter comprises four sub- chapters. The first one is
reconnaissance. The second is the report of Cycle I. The third is the report of Cycle II and the last one is general findings.
A. Reconnaissance
The research was started by finding the problems during the teaching and learning process of writing. The researcher conducted a classroom observation in
Grade XII Science 1. The vignette below is one of the results of the researcher’s observation during the teaching and learning process. It describes how the process
went through and the activity conducted by the teacher during the lesson. The condition also shows the students attitude toward the process of teaching and
learning. Day Date
: Wednesday, October 23
th
2013 Time
: 07.15- 08.45 Place
: Classroom of XII Science 1 Activity
: Observation When the bell rang, many students were still outside the class. The teacher
asked them to enter the class because the English lesson would start. The teacher started the class by greeting, checking the students’ attendance and praying. Some
students seemed not to realize that the teaching and learning English would start. They were busy with their homework for the next subject. There were students
who talked to their friends. Then, the teacher checked the students’ homework taken from LKS. They should write the answers in complete sentences based on
the explanation text on the white board. When the teacher said “Any volunteer who wants to write down the answer?” there were few students who wanted to
come in front of the class to write down the answer on the white board. So for the rest of the questions, the teacher should call their names. After that, the teacher
checked the sentences one by one and identified the mistakes. While she was doing these activities, some students only talked with their friends and paid no
attention to the teacher’s explanation.
The teacher then explained the generic structures and language features of an explanation text without showing the model of the text. She said, “If you want
to explain how something happens, you have to use simple present tense, cirinya harus memakai verb1.” “Contohnya verb1 seperti apa?” asked the teacher. Most
of the students paid no attention to the teacher, it could be seen when teacher asked, some of them did not say anything until she repeated the question.
Then the teacher gave the students writing tasks. She asked them to complete the text with suitable words. Then they had to identify the generic
structure of the text. They could do the tasks with their partners. Some students got confused with the tasks given by the teacher. They also met difficulties in
completing the text with the suitable words because they were not familiar with the words. So, the teacher asked them to borrow dictionary in the library. But they
did not feel up to open the dictionary.
When all students finished in doing the task, the teacher started checking the students’ answers. She called the students’ names then asked them to answer
directly. When a student read the text and the answer, other students did not pay attention and were just busy with their own activity. After the students answered,
the teacher used the white board as the media to write the additional information. It indicated that the students needed some media to engage their interest because
they were not motivated to get involved in the teaching and learning process. When the teacher explained in front of the class, some students were busy with
their friends. The teacher reminded them to be silent. However the students still made noisy. It indicated that the students’ involvement in the teaching and
learning process was very low.
Field note 2, October 23
rd
, 2013
The field note shows that the activity during the process of teaching and learning was not quite successful to get the students’ interest. Most of them had
no motivation to follow the lesson. It was indicated by the actions they did when
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