The Gingerbread Man picture series

46 stories that were used as instructional media for teaching English to the fifth grade students of eleme ntary schools. Moreover, student‟s exercise books were also made to assess the student‟s understanding of the materials. Besides, a teacher‟s was produced as the teacher‟s guidance in operating the picture series and in setting the classroom activities up.

2. Subjects of Trials

The subject of the research was the fifth grade students of SD IT Insan Cendekia in the academic year of 2014 2015. The students‟ ages were varied from 10 to 11 years old. There were 11 female students and 13 male students with different backgrounds.

3. Data Collection Technique and Instrument

There were three techniques of collecting data. Those were conducting a class observation, doing an interview, and distributing questionnaires. The observation was done to collect the data about the teaching and learning process in the fifth grade class of SD IT Insan Cendekia. Then, doing interview was one of techniques for finding out teaching learning activities and teacher‟s needs. The last was distributing questionnaires in order to gain d ata about students‟ background and needs, English teachers‟ opinions and suggestions about the research products, and students‟ opinion about the products. In addition, the instruments used in this research were in the form of an observation guideline, interview guidelines, and questionnaires. The instruments were explained as follow. 47

a. The classroom observation guideline

To obtain data about the teaching and learning process in the classroom, an observation was conducted. An observation guide which taken from Panduan Pengajaran Mikro PPL UNY 2013 was used to help the researcher to record data during the teaching and learning process. The guide was shown in the following table. Table 3.1: The Table of the Class Observation Guideline Teacher‟s name : .......... Date : .......... School : .......... Time : .......... Class : .......... No Aspects Descriptions A Learning Resources 1. Curriculum 2. Syllabus 3. Lesson Plan B Teaching and Learning Process 1. Opening 2. Explaining the materials 3. Teaching method 4. Classroom language 5. Time management 6. Gesture or body language 7. Giving motivation 8. Asking for students‟ understanding 9. Managing the class 10. Using the media 11. Assessment technique 12. Closing C Students‟ behaviour 1. Students‟ behaviour in the class 2. Students‟ behaviour out of the class