Reflection Data Validity and Reability

high. The class ended when the bell rang and P helped Mrs.S to bring her stuff to the office. Mrs.S said that the students’ ability in learning English was low and unshopisticated since there were limited supporting facilities in SMAN 2 Sleman. Field note 2, Friday, November 1 st , 2013 After conducting observations in the class, the researcher interviewed some students and then had a discussion with the English teacher. Based on the observations, interviews and discussion, the researcher and the English teacher identified some problems that occurred in the English teaching and learning process. The field problems arising during the teaching and learning process could be seen in the list table below. Table 1. The Problem Found During the English Classroom Process No. Problems Codes 1 The classroom activities were not communicative. TT 2 The students had less chance to practice their speaking skills. TT 3 The English teaching and learning process was teacher-centered. TT 4 The source of the teaching and learning process besides the teacher was the LKS. Mt 5 The students could not produce grammatically correct sentences. S 6 The students could not pronounce the English words appropriately. S 6 The teacher often asked the students to practice writing skill TT 7 The students’ confidence in practicing speaking was low S 8 The students never practice their speaking skill based on SK KD TT 9 The students were not encouraged to use classroom English. TT 10 The classroom activities were monotonous. TT 11 The teacher did not give context in making a text in every lesson. TT 12 The teacher never used language laboratory. F 13 The speaking activities were not the main focus of the English teaching and learning process. TT TT: Teaching technique S: Students Mt: Material F: Facilities

2. Determining of the Research Problem

After the researcher and English teacher identified the most important problems that needed to solve, they discussed again the point of those problems. After discussing, the researcher and English teacher agreed that those problems were related to speaking learning. Then the researcher and English teacher tried to look for the appropriate ways to improve the students’ speaking ability by using Directed Discussion Games. The researcher limited the found problem into table below. Table 2. The Urgency of the Field Problems that Need to Be Solved. No Problem Code 1 The classroom activities were not communicative. TT 2 The students had less chance to practice their speaking skills. TT 3 The students could not produce grammatically correct sentences. S 4 The students could not pronounce the English words appropriately. S 5 The students’ confidence in practicing speaking was low S 6 The students never practice their speaking skill based on SK KD TT TT: Teaching technique S: Students Mt: Material F: Facilities