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CHAPTER IV RESEARCH FINDINGS

This chapter presents the result of the research findings based on the analysis of data collected from the implementation of arrange word game technique in improv ing students’ understanding passive voice of present continuous tense at grade first grade of SMAI Al – Azhar 1, Jakarta academic year 20102011. Related to the discussion of the result, it is divided into three parts. Those are before implementing the action, the implementation of the action and discussion of the data after implementing the action.

A. Data Description

There are three general parts of data description including before implementing the action research, the implementation of the action research, and the result after implementing the action. Those descriptions as following:

1. Before Implementing the Action

Three parts related to before implementing the action are: pre interview, pre observation, and pretest. Those explanations bellow:

a. The Result of Pre Interview

Pre interview held on 2 nd March 2011. Here, the writer asked some questions to the teacher related to the teaching learning process of passive voice present continuous tense. The questions divided into three categories. Those were the general conditions in English class primarily on students’ performance and students’ achievement, the difficulties faced by students in understanding passive voice of present continuous tense, and the strategies used by the teacher to solve the students’ difficulties in understanding passive voice of present continuous tense. Related to the first category, the teacher said that some of students though that English is difficult subject and it influenced their motivation and performance in learning English. Furthermore, those conditions affect to the students’ achievement. Some students who did not like English subject are hardly to pass the criterion of minimum completeness KKM, it is seventy five 75. The second category discussed about the students’ difficulties in understanding passive voice of present continuous tense. It was related to the students’ difficulties in understanding the formula of the sentence and remembering the past participle. The teacher said students usually forgot about the usage of passive voice present continuous tense. The third category was related to the strategy used by the teacher to solve students’ difficulties in understanding passive voice of present continuous tense. The teacher said he usually gave a brief explanation and focused on students’ who really have difficulties in understanding passive voice of present continuous tense. She also gave some exercises from the students’ hand book LKS or English text book, and some time she took the material from internet. Unfortunately, it did not really solve the problem. Then, the writer suggested using arrange word game technique to solve the problem. Because through arrange word game technique, hopefully students are able to understand passive voice of present continuous tense easily. Finally, the teacher and the writer agreed to use arrange word game technique in teaching passive voice of present continuous tense.

b. The Result of Pre Research