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b. The weaknesses of the Action

1 Time used In presenting their texts, the students did not pay attention to the time given. They could not manage the time well and effectively. Sometimes they used their time only to read the difficult words without paying attention the discussion. So thirty minutes for each group wasn’t enough to discus their own text. Teacher assistance in this activity was still needed in doing discussion. 2 Grammatical problem They used English in discussion but sometimes their grammar was not correct or even they could not express their idea because they didn’t know how to express it in English then they used bahasa Indonesia 3 Vocabulary Mastery In giving response to other group’s questions, they sometimes got difficulty in using suitable English words. Their vocabulary was poor, so although they know what the answer is but they cannot express them in English. They used bahasa Indonesia Based on the three problems in the first cycle, the teacher as the writer and the collaborators made some discussion to solve the problem in the second cycle. To eliminate the problem in vocabulary the teacher gave the students exercise dealing with vocabulary, to eliminate the grammatical problems, the teacher explained about grammatical problems and give some examples and exercises, and to improve the student’s ability, the teacher gives individual consultation to the students 115

C. Cycles 2

1. Planning the Action

Based on the result of the first cycle, the teacher and the collaborators planned cycle two. The researcher planned the action for cycle two as follows: a. The teacher gave the explanation how to study vocabulary whether it was done through contexts or word by word. b. The teacher gave the explanation of grammar and how to arrange their idea in English well. c. The teacher gave interesting activities in vocabulary class. It was done by game d. The teacher gave outside-class activity for individual consultation. The aim of the activity was used to know the ability of the students individually. Besides the activity was used in the class, other activities were also done outside the class. To make the students confident with their own ability, the teacher did individual consultation to the students in cycle two. The consultation was done outside the class. It was done after the practicum class. The consultation was done every day from at November 2 nd , 2007 until November 24 th , 2007. Each day there were five students who had to consult their texts or their difficulties of English. Every student had one hour to consult hisher difficulties. The individual consultation was done outside class because most of the students had her own text and wanted to consult it by himself in order to understand it. So it is impossible to do this activity in the class. The individual consultation discussed about the difficult words, the meaning of the words, the content of their texts, and other difficulties which they faced in