commit to user end of the cycle as a post-test; therefore, the writer knew the differences of the
results between those tests. The researcher also prepared the materials, students’ worksheet, a lesson plan as teacher’s guidance in teaching
vocabulary and everything needed in the action. The researcher as the teacher in this research was helped by a collaborator. They collaborated to observe the
whole phenomena during the teaching and learning process in the classroom.
b. Implementing the Action
1. First Meeting The first meeting was conducted on Tuesday, April 27
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2010 at 09.00 a.m. to 10.30 a.m. The topic to be discussed in second meeting was “Things in
My House”, and the teacher focused on “Things in My Bedroom”. Firstly, the teacher greeted students, then, checked the students’
attendance. The teacher introduced new topic to the student. She wrote the topic would be discussed on the board. She wrote ”MY HOUSE” and read it.
The teacher asked to the students, ”What will we learn?”. All of the students said loudly, ”My house.” The teacher continued, ”Students, coba kalian
sebutkan part of your house, ruangan apa saja yang ada di rumah kalian.” Enthusiastically the students answered, ”Living room”, ”Bedroom”,
”Kitchen”. Then, she made word webs from the students’ answer. ”Well, there are living room, Bedroom, Kitchen, bathroom, dining room.” The teacher
asked the students to focus on the word “Bedroom”, then asked, “Siapa yang sudah punya bedroom sendiri?” Some students raised their hands and said,
commit to user “Aku, Miss, aku Miss.” A student, Adam, said, “Aku punya, Miss, tapi aku
boboknya sama kakaku.” the teacher asked Adam, ”Well, barang – barang apa aja yang ada di kamarmu?”, but almost all students answered the
teacher’s question, ”tempat tidur, Miss”, ”lemari baju, Miss”, ”Selimut, Miss”. The class became very noisy. The teacher asked the students to calm down. Ri
wrote the students’ answer. Then, she asked some volunteers to complete the word webs on the board.
The teacher gave the students a simple text. There were some pictures in the text. “Students, repeat after I read the sentence” The teacher led the
students to read the text. When there was a picture, the teacher helped the students to name the picture and spell the words. The teacher gave worksheet
to the students. Based on the text, the teacher led the students to understand the meaning and word use. The teacher used word webs to lead the students to
understand the meaning and word use. “Well, di kertas kalian ada diagram dan ada kotak. Kotak pertama ada tulisan “there are many clothes on my
bed”, so, jadi di branch pertama, yang ada tulisan “putting my clothes in . . . .” titik – titiknya itu kalian tempel gambar apa yang sesuai.” The students
looked busy to stick the picture on the right place. All of them did their job well. They looked like playing a puzzle. Some students asked the teacher the
meaning of words they didn’t know. Their next job was to complete letters into correct word. All of the words were in the text they had read before. After
that, the teacher led the students to pronounce each word in the word webs.
commit to user The teacher used word webs in a game as the post activity. The
students were divided into four groups. The game was “Whispering Game”. The teacher whispered words dealing with the topic to the students in the back
line, then, they whispered the word to the students in front of them. The students in the front line looked for the appropriate picture according to what
they had heard, then stack the pictures on the place which had been served by RI. In that game, the students were very enthusiastic. Every group tried to be
the winner. Unfortunately, group 3 was disqualified because they were cheating. The winner was group 2. The members of the group were Silvi,
Tata, Nisa, Yaya, Angel, and Ivon. RI gave reward to the winner. Every student sat on their own chair. Group 2 was still happy with
their victory. The class was so noisy. The teacher made them calm. The teacher checked the students’ understanding of the lesson and gave them
homework. Finally, RI closed the lesson. 2. Second Meeting
The second meeting was conducted on Saturday, May 1
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2010 at 09.00 am to 10.15 a.m. The topic was still “Things in My House” and the
teacher focused on “Eating Utensils”. After the bell had rung, the researcher RI and observer SW went to
class 3A. The teacher and observer looked the students entered to the class and they had sat on their own chair. The teacher greeted them, “Good
morning, students.” And the students answered, “Good morning, Miss Riana.”
commit to user After checking the students’ attendance and condition, the teacher also asked
whether the students had been ready to join the lesson or not. The teacher wrote the topic which was discussed on the board, then,
she continued, “What rooms are in your house? Coba ada ruangan apa saja di rumah kalian?” the students answered, “Ruang tamu, Miss.” “Ruang
makan, Miss,” “Dapur, Miss”, “Kamar tidur, Miss”. The teacher made the word webs for the topic being discussed. “Well, there are living room, dinning
room, bedroom, and also kitchen” she made the branches of the main topic. Then, she asked the students to focus on the word “bedroom”. “Students,
where does your mother cook? Dimana ibu kalian memasak?” They answered, “Kitchen”. The teacher raised her thumb, “very good”. She
continued, “What things are in the kitchen which you usually use to eat? Barang – barang apa yang ada di dapur yang biasa kalian gunakan untuk
makan?” almost all students raised their hands. The teacher asked some students to write their answer on the board to complete the word webs. The
teacher asked the students to make the word webs on the black board. Every student did what RI said. The teacher gave some of pictures to the students.
The pictures were about things in the kitchen. They should stick the pictures according to the appropriate rooms in the kitchen and gave the name. To
help the students find the meaning, the teacher gave a simple text. After brainstorming, the teacher discussed the text with the students.
The students explained some difficult words. After the students finished their
commit to user job, the teacher drilled them to pronounce each word. After that, the teacher
drilled the students to spell the words. “Students, how do you spell “spoon”?” The students spelled the word “spoon” orally. The teacher continued the other
words. After spelling, the teacher also helped the students use some words in context, for example: I need two forks, put the noodle in the bowl, etc.
Unfortunately, the bell was ringing. On that day, the teachers of SDN Sidorejo Lor 1 Salatiga would have a meeting, so the students came home
earlier. RI shared the worksheets to the students and asked them to do the task as homework. The teacher reviewed the lesson fast, then, closed the lesson,
reminded them to do the homework. At last, they were praying together, and the teacher said “good bye and take care” to the students.
3. Third Meeting The third meeting was conducted on Saturday, May 8
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2010 at 09.00 a. m. until 10.15 a.m. The topic in this meeting was “Things in My House”, and
the teacher focused on “Things in My Kitchen”. The teacher greeted the students and checked their attendance. The
students replied the greeting. No one was absent. Suddenly, some students said, ”Ayo Miss, game lagi kayak kemarin.” The teacher smiled, then
answered, ”Ok, tapi kita belajar dulu, ya. Now, prepare your materials.” everybody prepared their books and stationary. Then, the teacher asked the
students about the material which was discussed in the last meeting. The students answered, “Alat makan, Miss,” the other student said, “Bedroom,
commit to user Miss.” The teacher smiled and said, “Very good, you still remember. Last
meeting we had learned about eating utensils and also things in our bedroom” The teacher wrote the word “House” on the board. She added with the word
“Bedroom” as the part of main topic. Then, she asked, “What are the other rooms? Ruangan yang lain di rumah apa lagi?” The students answered,
“Bathroom, Miss, dinning room, living room, kitchen.” The class became very noisy because every student wanted to answer. After making the class calm,
the teacher reminded the student, that they should raise their hand before answering the questions. Then, teacher would choose who should answer the
questions. RI continued the lesson. She wrote every part of house. She asked the students to focus to the word “Kitchen”. “Well, students. Look at the word
“Kitchen” Untuk apa ruangan ini?” The students answered, “Memasak, Miss.” The teacher said, “very good. It’s place for cooking.” The teacher
continued, “You also find eating utensils there.” The teacher made line for the word “eating utensils” for the word “kitchen”. The teacher reminded the
students about things in the kitchen which are used to eat. She asked the students to mention the things which they used to eat as last meeting. Some
volunteers came in front of the class to write their answer in the word webs on the board. Then, the teacher said, “You can also find cooking utensils there.
Selain alat makan, kalian juga bisa menemukan alat memasak di sana. Apa saja ya alat masak itu?” The class became so noisy. The teacher asked the
commit to user students to calm down. Then, choose some volunteers to mention cooking
utensils. After finishing the word webs, the teacher gave the students a text.
There were some pictures in the text. “Students, repeat after I read the sentence” The teacher led the students to read the text. When there was a
picture, RI helped the students to name the picture and spell the words. The teacher discussed the questions related to the text with the students. Those
were about spelling, meaning, word use, and meaning. The teacher asked the students, “Kira – kira, setelah kalian baca text, ada benda yang belum
disebutkan di word webs nggak?” The students answered, “Ada, Miss. Cutting board, cup, sink, refrigerator.” The teacher pointed some students to write the
answer on the board. Then, the teacher led the students to use some words in certain context. She said, “This is knife to cut the vegetables. It is very sharp.”
As the post activity, the teacher divided the students into four groups. They would play game “Where am I”. The students said, “Hore” and
found their group. The students gathered in their group and made a line. The teacher showed a card to the students in the backside. Then, the students in the
back side whispered the word to the three students in front of them. The third students should found the picture of the word and gave it to the next students.
The teacher then asked, “Where am I?” The last students answered, “In the Bedroom” or “In the Kitchen”, and stuck the picture as the branch of the word
commit to user “Bedroom” or “Kitchen”. They did it until the last picture. The things are the
things in the bedroom and in the kitchen. The students looked very happy and energetic. The teacher gave
homework for the students to measure their understanding. Because the time was over, the teacher closed the lesson, then, she said, “Goodbye.”
4. Fourth Meeting Fourth meeting was post-test. It was conducted on Tuesday, May 11
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, 2010 at 09.00 until 10.10 a.m. The test was used to measure the students’
understanding of the material. The test was about “Things in My House” which was taught in first, second, and third meetings. There were 40
questions: 20 questions for “Things in My Bedroom” and 20 questions for “Things in My Kitchen”. There were four aspects which were tested. Those
are pronunciation, word meaning, word use, and spelling. After the bell rang, the teacher greeted the students and checked
students’ attendance. Fortunately, no one was absent. Then, the teacher asked the students to prepare their stationary. She asked the students to keep their
English book in the bag. The class became so noisy. All of the students were afraid to have test. Finally, the teacher could assure them to do the test
because they had learned the material before. After the students were calm, the teacher distributed the worksheets to
the students. She said, “Students, pertama, kalian kerjakan romawi 2 dan 3. Romawi satu nanti Miss Riana panggil nama kalian, kemudian kalian maju ke
commit to user depan, dan baca. Jelas?” all of the students answered, “Jelas, Miss.” While
the students did the test, the teacher and observer tested pronunciation. She called the students according to the student number.
After the students finished the test, the teacher said, “Thank you.” Then she said good bye to the students.
c. Observation of the Action
