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1. Problem Identification
In this stage, the first thing to do was problem
identification. It was conducted by identifying problems of students’ reading comprehension. In this case, the researcher
makes use of observation, questionnaire, interview, and administers reading comprehension test.
2. Planning
After identifying the problem and discussing with the English teacher pertaining to action planning, the researcher
then designed the action plan. Next, he made the following preparations:
a.
Sharing idea with English teacher b.
Deciding the instructional material c.
Designing lesson plan and arranging steps in conducting the classroom action research
d. Preparing instructional aids figure of QAR and power point
slide e.
Preparing camera, observation sheet and interview guideline f.
Dividing the main teaching activities into three phases g.
Preparing pre and post-test which intended to identify the enhancement of students’ reading comprehension.
Planning involves thinking process and evaluating to reflect the events that have been happened and attempting to find out
ways to overcome problem encountered. At this step, some problems will be exposed and researcher should think up to find
out some alternative ways or actions to overcome the problems.
3. Acting
In this step, the researcher observed the action by making field note of instructional activity intended to know the class
situation, what happened to students and the instructional activity
when QAR
strategy is
applied. Here,
the implementation of the action was according to scenario planed:
the instructional activity in the classroom was conducted based on lesson plan.
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4. Observing
Here, the researcher along with the collaborator observed. and monitored the activities in the classroom during and after
instructional process by making notes of any single progress of students’ reading comprehension.
5. Reflecting