106 their opinions in the learning process. It indicated that the students enjoyed
learning English, particularly in composing the narrative texts. Third, the researcher also noticed that the students were satisfied with the
picture series which were distributed to them. Since in the previous meeting the students got the picture series which were attached on the whiteboard, in the
second cycle they could use the picture series for themselves. They gained more ideas based on the picture series. It made the students able to produce more
sentences for the story. Here, the researcher summed up that the students made very good progress
in the second cycle. The activities went well in the second cycle. The students showed significant improvements from their work. It indicated that they could
achieve the indicators expected by the researcher.
3. Lesson Learned of the Implementation Picture Series Technique to
Improve Students’ Writing Skills
As clarified in chapter two, the aim of conducting classroom action research CAR is to improve classroom practice in the school Richards, 2005;
Ary et al, 2010; Fraenkel Wallen, 2009. The teachers as the practitioners of the classroom action research conduct the action as the reflective practice Burns,
2010. Therefore, the action as the implementation of certain techniques used in the classroom should be evaluated in the reflection form.
This study employed text-based approach or known as genre-based approach to view the goal of the research. The researcher focused on the need of
107 the students in composing certain text. The primary concern is what learners do
with the language through the text Feez Joyce, 2002. Text-based approach is used as the approach to answer the questions of this study.
The researcher conducted this classroom action research CAR in class VIII F of SMP Negeri 10 Surakarta. The focus of the study was to improve
s tudents‟ writing skill in composing the narrative texts. The researcher, therefore,
needed some steps to be conducted in the research. The aim was to achieve the goal of the research. The steps had been clarified in chapter 3.
The researcher proposed picture series technique as the teaching and learning strategy to the students in order to improve their writing skills. To obtain
the very first data of the classroom, the researcher conducted a preliminary study. The information gained in the preliminary study was used as the guidance in
arranging the plans of cycle one. In conducting cycle one, the researcher employed several instruments to record the classroom practice. The researcher
reflected the results of cycle one. The time management, group activity, and the way of presenting picture series to the students became the points noted by the
researcher. The reflection guided the researcher to conduct the new strategy of cycle two.
By implementing the new strategy of the activities and the technique using text-based approach in cycle two, the research concluded that the implementation
of cycle two was satisfactory. The students‟ achievement and data recorded in
the instruments as described in the previous sections did support the result that the classroom action research CAR which was conducted by the researcher was
