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CHAPTER IV RESEARCH FINDINGS
This chapter presents the research findings based on the analysis of data collected from the implementation of CTL
to improve students’ understanding on degrees of comparison of adjectives in two cycles. The research findings are
described in three parts: data description, data analyzing and data interpretation.
A. Data Description
1. Before Implementing the Action
a. The Result of Pre Interview
Pre interview was held on Monday, March 5
rd
2012. Here, the writer asked some question to the teacher related to the teaching
learning process degrees of comparison of adjectives. The questions were divided into three categories. Those were general condition in
English class primarily on students’ performance and students’ achievement, the difficulties faced by students in understanding degree
of comparison of adjective, and the strategies used by the teacher to solve the students’ difficulties in understanding degrees of comparison
of adjectives.
First category discussed about the general condition in English clas
s primarily on students’ grammar achievement of the test and students’ activities. The teacher said that most of students who did not
like English class; they gained low competence in English. Besides, they still faced obstacle in following the English lesson. They thought
English as a complicated then considered that grammar as the most difficult one in learning English primarily on VIII
H
class which derived the lowest score of grammar test among the other second grade
classes. Moreover, the teacher stated that most of them were hardly to pass the KKM 68.
The second category discussed about the students’ difficulties in understanding degrees of comparison of adjectives. It was related to the
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students’ difficulties in understanding the formula of the sentence and remembering the pattern. The teacher said students usually forgot about
the usage of degrees of comparison of adjectives. The third category was related to the strategy used by the teacher to
solve students’ difficulties in understanding degrees of comparison of adjectives. The teacher said he usually gave a brief explanation and
focused on students’ who really have difficulties in understanding degrees of comparison of adjectives. He also gave some exercises from the
students’ hand book LKS or English text book, and some time he took the material from internet. Unfortunately, it did not really solve the
problem. Then, the writer suggested using CTL method to solve the problem. Besides, through CTL method, hopefully students are able to
understand degrees of comparison of adjectives easily. Finally, the teacher and the writer agreed to use CTL Method in teaching degrees of
comparison of adjectives.
b. The Result of Pre Observation
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