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CHAPTER IV RESEARCH RESULTS AND DISCUSSION
This chapter presents the research results and discussion. The researcher presents them in a form of evident explanation of the procedural
steps in classroom action research in order to answer the research question.
A. The Implementation of the Venn Diagram Strategy
The researcher presents the explanation of the use of the Venn diagram strategy in order to help students improve reading comprehension of analytical
exposition texts. The implementation of the Venn diagram strategy was done in two cycles.
1. Preliminary Study
In the preliminary study, the researcher conducted library research, asked for permission letter, and interviewed the English teacher. The
researcher did the interview to the English teacher on Friday, February 26, 2016.
This was intended to see the teacher’s way of teaching reading, the students’ characteristics, and the students’ interest in reading. Based on the
summary of the interview, the English teacher informed that in terms of English proficiency, students
’ scores in social classes tended to be lower than the scores of students in science classes.
She then talked about students’ reading habit which was still low. Students were likely to complain if they had
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observing stage as the initial stage of a scientific approach to grab students’
attention. However, she never used a certain method or strategy to improve reading comprehension.
In regards to text types, she admitted that analytical exposition texts were the most difficult ones. Students usually found difficulties in
understanding the flow of the arguments in the text. Based on the summary of the interview, the researcher then designed the activities in the class in the
form of a lesson plan. The researcher also consulted the text and the exercise which would be used in the first cycle to the English teacher. Besides, the
researcher taught the students and acted as a teacher-researcher.
2. Cycle 1
The researcher conducted the first cycle on Friday, April 8, 2016. In this cycle, the researcher applied the stages of CAR which consisted of the
planning, acting, observing, and reflecting. In conducting the activities in the class, the researcher also referred to the scientific approach which was one of
the main characteristics in Kurikulum 2013.
a. Planning
In the planning stage, the researcher designed the lesson plan Appendix D1, p. 105 to help the researcher conduct the teaching and
learning process in the class. The lesson plan was also helpful for the researcher to control the time allotment in each stage of the scientific
approach. Besides, the researcher also prepared an analytical exposition text PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI
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