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students. The materials that are used by the teacher are taken from a student book entitled
“
The Bridge English Competence
” and “
LKS Prestasi
” as a complementary book. In choosing the materials, the English teacher refers to
the curriculum such as Standard Competency, Basic Competence, and syllabus. Sometimes, when the English teacher teaches listening, she asks the students to
go to the language laboratory.
D. Procedure of the Research
This action research, I used procedures as proposed by Kemmis and McTaggart Burns, 1999:33:
1. Planning
In this step, I determined several problems and analyzed them. After determining the problems, I planned some actions in improving stu
dents’ reading comprehension. I prepared the lesson plan based on the curriculum
and the syllabus from the school. Meanwhile, the materials and other instruments needed in the research were selected based on the technique that
was implemented in the action. I also tried to find the suitable materials based on the syllabus and lesson plans. After that, I organized the steps in
implementing
Peer Assisted Learning Strategies PALS
in the teaching and learning process of reading.
2. Action
After planning the actions, the English teacher and I implemented the actions in the teaching learning process. The action was conducted until the
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improvement has been achieved. I did the actions in two cycles with two meetings for each cycle. During the actions, he and the English teacher
observed the processes. 3.
Observation When the action was done, the English teacher and I observed the
impact of the technique used in the action. The observation was done to know the success of the action and the problems that occurred during the
implementation. Then, I wrote notes about everything that happened in the class during the action.
4. Reflection
Based on the observation in the action, the reflection was done by the English teacher and I. It was done by discussing the success of the action
during the implementation and evaluating the action. Evaluation was done after each cycle was completed. In this step, the English teacher and I
evaluated the problems occurred in the action and tried to find the solution of the problems so that the researcher could do better in the next cycle.
I also conducted interviews with the students and the English teacher to know
their opinions and feelings after the action.
E. Data Instruments of the Research
The main instrument was the researcher himself because I undertook the planning, the action, the observation, reflection, and then made the report.
Besides, the researcher used interview guidelines, the pre-test and the post-test,
