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No. Actions
Expected Improvement to Achieve
8. Asking the students to bring
dictionaries. The students mastered a good
pronunciation and vocabulary.
Based on the result of the discussion with the English teacher, the researcher would act as the classroom teacher while the English teacher
would act as the collaborator during the research. The planned actions implemented in the Cycle I were:
a. Implementing the video recording project
By implementing the video recording project, it would give more opportunity to the students to practice speaking English. This
activity was really fun since in the video recording project, the students established the video-making by themselves while learning
the target language. The video-making topic chosen fitted with the materials in the basic competence. Below are the procedures of how
to carry out the video recording project in Cycle 1.
Preparation of online poem recitation competition
1 Find a partner because it is done in pairs. 2 Discuss the poem to be recited whether it was their own or
someone else’s poem. 3 Do your poem recitation rehearsal before recording the video
project.
Video recording of online poem recitation competition
1 Listen to the teacher’s instruction to conduct the video
recording.
2 Do the poem recitation performance in the front of the class. 3 Ask one of the students to record your performance.
4 Do editing to your video as perfect as possible to make it eligibly included in the competition.
5 Do your best performance in recording the video. The best video would deserve a reward.
The video recording project was applied to create an enjoyable and interesting speaking activity so that the students would
get involved actively during the lesson. The activities in the cycle named “Online Poem Recitation Competition” enabled them to use
English through real media and situation. By doing this activity, it was proven that they could improve their speaking skills.
b. Conducting pronunciation drills
The students often produced incorrect pronunciation when they were trying to speak English during the lesson. To overcome
this kind of problem, the researcher conducted pronunciation drills in the implementation of the action.
The researcher pronounced some unfamiliar English words which were written in a poem and the students repeated after her.
The students were very enthusiastic to pronounce new words. By doing this activity, the students could avoid mispronunciation.
c. Carrying out vocabulary practices
Based on the observations, interviews, and also discussion with the English teacher, the researcher found that the students still
