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actions, observe and reflect. The purpose was to give a number of activities to the students and to observe the students’ progress in every activity during the
classroom action research. The activities which were carried out presented below:
3.6.1. First Cycle 3.6.1.1. Plan
In the plan, the writer prepared everything needed to conduct the research. First, the writer found an institution to do action, in this case SDN Wonosekar
Pati. After that she asked permission to the headmaster to carry out the study there. Then she made a well planning of teaching material. In this case the
material is stories. The stories should in the same topics and has the same difficulty level. After that the writer made a lesson plan and test item. The purpose
is to guide her in the teaching and learning process and to measure the students’ progress during the action research.
3.6.1.2 Action
This is the next phase after the writer doing planning. While conducting the action, the writer used three activities. In the first activity, she gave the students a
pre-test. Next, in the second activity and third activity she did treatments by taught listening by using storytelling as a technique. Here were the activities in action:
a. First Activity
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In this first Activity the writer conducted a pre test. A pre test was conducted at the beginning of the research. The purpose is to check the
students’ ability in comprehending the story which they were listening to through listening to the teacher before they were given treatments.
The writer as a teacher asked the students to listen to the story that was being read by the teacher. There were some simple stories in this test. After
students listened to the story, the teacher gave a test. The test consists of 30 questions related to the story they listened to. The procedures of a pre test are
as follow: a.
The teacher introduced herself to the students and checked the students’ attendance list
b. The teacher asked weather the students have listened to the story or not
c. The teacher told the students that she will tell the students a story
d. The teacher asked some questions related to the topic of the story
e. The teacher read the story and asked the students to listen carefully
f. The teacher asked the students whether they understood the story or not
g. The teacher read the story for the second time. She pausing in every
sentence, and explain the difficult words h.
The teacher asked some questions about the story to make sure that students had already understood the story
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i. The teacher gave the students the test and asked the students to answer
based on the story they listen to j.
The teacher read the story again, the students had to answer the question given
Since the test items in pretest and cycle 1 test were the same, the writer did not discuss the students’ answer in this activity.
b. Second Activity
In the second activity, the teacher gave the first treatment by teaching listening using storytelling as technique. The teacher herself presented the story
entitled ‘Playing Skipping Rope’ by using gesture. The process of teaching and learning process are as follow:
The Stage of Listening
Activity
Pre Listening
The teacher introduced the topic of lesson by:
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Asking the students whether they like to play game or not
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Asking the student what kind of game they usually play
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Asking the students whether they know what skipping rope is
Listening task •
The teacher gave the first
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treatment by telling the students a story entitled
‘Playing Skipping Rope’ using storytelling as a technique.
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The teacher asked some question to check their
comprehension.
Post Listening
The teacher review the story by asked the students some question
about the story and check their answer together with the children.
c. Third Activity
