Findings of the Second Cycle

This interview was conducted on Wednesday 13 th April 2011 started from 01.10 P.M up to 01.40 P.M. after conducting the cycle 2, the writer asked some questions, those are the students’ condition and the classroom situation in the teaching learning process after applying the Substitution Drills, the developing students’ understanding of the simple present tense after implementing Substitution Drills, and the teacher’s opinion and motivation in applying of Substitution Drills in teaching simple present tense. The first is about students’ condition and classroom situation, the teacher said that the students’ condition in the teaching learning process after applying the Substitution Drills is more active in learning, they look interested in learning simple present tense, they feel fun and they can memorize the vocabularies and rule in the short time. The classroom situation is very attractive and the students can response the teacher’s command and give full attention when the teacher explain the material. The second is about the developing students’ understanding of the simple present tense after implementing Substitution Drills, the teacher told that his students’ skill had increased than before pre-implementation of CAR. The students’ not only felt fun and enjoy, but also they can understand about the patterns and the usage of the simple present tense. The last, Concerned w ith the teacher’s opinion and motivation in applying Substitution Drills in teaching simple present tense, the teacher stated that substitution drills is a suitable method that the teacher should use in teaching simple present tense. It can make the students to be active and fun, and can reduce students’ stress in learning English, especially in learning simple present tense. Besides, this drill could be applied though the quiz, so that the students were very enthusiastic in following the teacher’s instruction. Based on explanation above, the writes concluded that the Classroom Action Research was done successfully. b. The Result of Field note At the first in cycle, some students looked enthusiastic of the writer’s coming. Therefore, she explained the procedures to the students and asked them to relax and enjoy the time during the study. She would answer their questions if there were something they did not understand. When the writer used the drill the students looked confused, but they were able to adapt to the situation during the activity of the first cycle until the last cycle. Most students were interested in following the teaching and learning process using substitution drills. They were so fun in the teaching learning process since it is such like a quiz. They can understand about the rule and the usage. However, it could not be denied that sometimes there were some students who did not give much attention. From this point of view, the writer concluded that the students gave much attention to the teacher’s explanation and the students can be more attractive in learning English. c. The Result of Post Test  The Result of Post-test I in the First Cycle To check the students’ improvement in the first cycle, the researcher evaluated them by giving a post-test I in the last cycle 1. The post-test was conducted on Friday 8 th April 2011. There were 42 students who followed this test; they did the test during 30 minutes. They had to answer 20 multiple-choice items given by the researcher. The result of the post-test I can be seen in the table below. Table 4.2 The Result of Post Test I Students’ Number Students’ Score 1 60 2 65 3 85 4 70 5 65 6 75 7 85