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CHAPTER IV RESEARCH RESULTS AND DISCUSSION
This chapter contains of two major parts namely research result and discussion. In the part of research result there are description of the writings and
personal narratives of the writers related to their experience of learning past tense in English presented. While in the part of discussion, the points as the result of
discussing on the findings supported by related theories are provided.
A. Research Results
1. Description of the Writings
There are ten sets of written reflections which serve as the data here in this study. Those reflections were written under four different topics by ten different
students in the class. The first topic is ‗experience of being forgiven‘. Under this
topic, the students were asked to retell their experiences in forgiving and being forgiven. In their written reflections, these students shared their stories and
reflected it with their opinion. They were allowed to put themselves as a candidate of priest in writing reflection under this first topic.
The second topic was ‗learning strategies‘. Under this topic, the students were asked quiet the same. They were expected to retell their experiences in
learning and to share their difficulties as well as their strategies in solving those challenges. In their written reflections under this second topic, these students tried
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DOs and DON‟Ts in learning based on what they have experienced so far.
The third topic was ‗reflection on children story‘. In this topic, the students
were shown children stories in forms of videos in class. After that, the lecturer opened discussion in general regarding to those stories. As the assignment, the
students were asked to choose any children story to be used in their reflection. They wrote about that particular story they have chosen and related it to their own
experiences. As the result, in their writings under this third topic these students deliver the messages and values of the stories which have been related to their
own opinion. The fourth topic was ‗homily based on the Bible‘. This last topic is closely
related to their future profession. The lecturer asked them to choose any reading for Holy Bible and arrange a reflection in forms of written homily. Under this
topic, these students worked freely based on how they interpret the readings, retell their related experiences and reflected them altogether.
On all four topics, these students worked with the primary structure of a writing which at least contains of an opening, the main body and closing. Ellis
2005 states that the goal of a research in Second Language is the description and explanation of L2 learners‘ competence. Therefore using the rubric for writing
proposed by Brown and Bailey 1984, the researcher assesses those written reflections. There are four main terms that Brown and Bailey 1984 emphasized
namely grammar, which here in this study is called as accuracy, logical development of idea or content, organization and diction.
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