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2. The Object of Study
The object of this study is arrange word game technique to improve students‟ understanding in learning passive voice present continuous tense.
C. The Research Setting 1.
The Writer’s Role on the Study
In this role, the writer is not only as the observer whilst the action but also he prepares a lesson plan and the assessment or test before Classroom Action Research
CAR pre-test and after Classroom Action Research CAR post-test in each final cycle. Else, the writer also collects and analyzes data then reports the result of study.
On the other side, the English teacher as an observer when the writer was a teacher and he was a teacher when the writer as an observer.
2. The Time and Place of the Study
This research is carried out for 3 three months started from March up to May 2011. The place is at first grade of SMA Al
– Azhar Jakarta VIII, academic year 20102011.
D. The Research Design
The Classroom Action Research CAR procedure used in this research is Hopkins design. It consists of two cycles in which each cycle contains four phases;
planning, acting, observing, and reflecting.
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Figure 3.1 Hopkins’ Action Research Design
Based on the Hopkins action research design above, the writer would like to describe further concerning the implementation of Classroom Action research CAR in
the cycle one and cycle two as following:
A. Pre-research which includes the following activities:
a. Prepare the research instrument
b. Interviewing the teacher to know the subject of the research condition.
c. Giving a pre-test to the students
d. Giving pre-questionnaire to the students
B. Cycle I
1. Planning, which includes the following activities:
a. Curriculum study, programming and planning of learning which
involves the application of the meetings b.
Prepare game tools
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c. Prepare lesson plan
d. Prepare evaluation tools
2. Acting, which includes the following activities:
a. Doing learning activity of passive voice present continious tense
material through arrange word game
with implementation plan learning
b. Giving post-test cycle I to the students
3. Observing, which includes the following activities:
a. Observing the students activities during learning activities
b. Rewriting the events that appear on the students during learning
activities c.
Observation data collected during the execution of learning activities 4.
Reflecting, which includes the following activities: a.
Analyzing data from the implementation of action b.
Evaluating the implementation of measures that have been done on the cycle I
c. Planning the actions for the second cycle
C. Cycle II
1. Planning, which includes the following activities:
a. Planning the learning implementation consisting of one meeting
b. Making the game instrument
c. Prepare the research instrument
d. Prepare the evaluation tools
2. Acting, which includes the following activities:
a. Implementing learning activity of passive voice present continious tense
material through arrange word game b.
Giving the post-questionaire c.
Giving post-test cycle II to the students 3.
Observing, which includes the following activities: a.
Observing the students activities during learning activities b.
Rewriting the events that appear on the students during learning activities
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c. Observation data collected during the execution of learning activities
4. Reflecting, which includes the following activities:
a. Analyzing data from the implementation of action
b. Evaluating the implementation of measures that have been done on the
cycle II
E. The Classroom Action Research CAR Procedures
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