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2.5 General Concept of All About Animals VCD
All About Animals VCD is series of video about animals. It let us explore habits, characteristics, behaviour, and etc, with video, about the animal. But in
Indonesia, we can find it in the form of video compact disc that can be found in bookstore, video shop, etc. Each series of this VCD consists of two animals. The
duration of each series is about an hour. Because it provide with an interesting picture, students will be interesting in learning activity. The language which is
used is English, but it provide with Indonesian subtitle, so it can be easily understand by the students. This VCD hopefully can help students get information
and knowledge about animal. The information may help them in learning process, especially in writing a report text about animal.
2.6 Teaching Writing Report Text With All About Animals VCD
Teaching English as a foreign language for Indonesian student is not easy. The teacher asked to use a suitable technique or media to teach effectively
because effective teaching is the basic factor for the success learning process including learning writing.
Gerlach and Elly 1980: 260 assert that the effectiveness of any medium depends on the creativity of the teacher in using it. Media are teaching and
learning tool, they have the potential assuming many teaching function. Based on the definition above, I come to a conclusion that using media to
teach report is very important. Using media helps students more understand the message which teacher gave them. So, I tried to use animated film as the media.
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Through All About Animals VCD, teacher can motivate students to learn report more enjoyably and interestingly. The students can also enrich their
listening skill. They will find new situation in learning report through All About Animals VCD. The video will show about the animal’s living, so students will get
information and knowledge about the animal to make a report text. Therefore, I conclude teaching report text using All About Animals VCD
in the following step: 1
Explain briefly about report text, characteristics of report text, steps to make a narrative text, and give simple example of report text.
2 Let students watch All About Animals VCD.
3 Ask some questions to the students about the video.
4 Giveexplain some key words related to the video.
5 Ask students to write a report text of the video using their own words.
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CHAPTER III METHOD OF INVESTIGATION
This chapter presents procedures and research steps to solve the research problems. It is divided into five subsections: research design, subject of the study,
instrument of the study, procedures of collecting data, and method of analyzing data.
3.1 Research Design
The type of research which was applied in this study was action research. According to Harmer 2003: 344, action research is the name given to a series of
procedures teachers can engage in, either because they wish to improve aspects of their teaching, or they wish to evaluate the success andor appropriateness of
certain activities and procedures. Actually, a classroom action research is conducted by cycle. According to
Kemmis 1990 as cited in Mill 2000, there are four steps in one cycle for doing classroom action research. There are planning, action, observation, and reflection.
The steps which are carried out are presented below: a.
Planning In the planning activity, the researcher identifying the problem which
students faced and preparing everything needed to conduct the research.
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