Plan Stage Action Stage Observation Stage Reflection Stage

35 four stages in each cycle of the stud, namely planning, acting, observing, and reflecting.

1. Plan Stage

Planning stage was the first stage in doing the study where the researcher started to identify the problem faced by the students of XI AP class. After having found the problem, that was the students had low pronunciation of English words, the researcher limited the topic. The limited topic was the students’ pronunciation which should be increased by technique. Next, in the study, the researcher chose drilling technique to be applied in the classroom to improve the students’ pronunciation. Then, the researcher provided the lesson plan for conducting the study.

2. Action Stage

After formulating the plan, the researcher continued to make the the learning scenarios or lesson plan to be applied in the class. In acting stage, the data were collected by conducting teaching learning process included observing, giving questionnaires, recording, and testing. The researcher collected the data while implementing the teaching learning process in the class.

3. Observation Stage

In the study, the researcher got the data by interviewing, observing, giving questionnaires, recording, and testing. In the observation stage, the researcher was helped by three observers to observe the students’ and teacher’s activities. Then, the data were checked in the observation stage. The researcher also collected the data from the observers. 36

4. Reflection Stage

The researcher made reflection based on the data. The researcher checked whether the students’ pronunciation increased. Next, the researcher made the reflection on what had been going on and what part should be improved in the Cycle 1 as the basic facts to make some changes in the Cycle 2. The researcher made some changes and modifications to be applied in Cycle 2 optimally. By implementing drilling technique, the researcher helped the students improve their pronunciation. The researcher used choral repetition drill in the study. Choral repetition drill is known as listen and repeat, or choral drills, are mainly used for modeling target language.

B. Research Setting