commit to user schemata or their background knowledge, in while reading the teacher facilitated the
students to be active reader to promote dialogue between the reader and the writer in the post-reading the teacher gave them task to check their understanding the text.
e designing post-test
Post-test was a mean to assess students’ achievement after they had sufficient opportunities for learning in cycle 1. The result of the post-test was for assessing the
success of the students and making adjustment in the lesson plan for the next cycle. The researcher came to agreement that the post-test conducted in the form of the
written test. The test consist of forty questions include WH-question, inference question, identify topic paragraph and identify mean idea.
2. Implementing the action
In second cycle, the researcher carried out the activities base on the designing planning. The researcher asked the students what kind of topics they got from
internet, newspaper, and other books. There were many reading texts with vary topics. Before starting the lesson, the text was selected and the researcher made the
hand out accordingly. The second cycle was conducted in to meeting. Each meeting was divided in to three stages: pre-reading, whilst-reading and post-reading then
closing.
a First meeting A
In cycle 2, the researcher carried two meetings. The first meeting of this cycle was attended the whole students of En 32 with total 30 students; 12 male students
and 18 female students. Like in previous meeting, teaching reading activities began with:
On 29 November 2010, Monday at 8:00 AM then lesson started in pre-reading activity the teacher greeted students by saying “Good morning everybody. How are
you all?” the students answered “Good morning sir. I am fine, thank you and you?” the teacher answered “I am very well. Thanks.” After that the researcher checks the
attendance list. Teacher made conversation with students to allow students in oral by said that “So Gay… what do you think of digital technology?” Ss said “Digital
commit to user technology? I love it I love all kind of digital technology. I love personal computers.
I love mobile phones. I love digital cameras. I love to see movies on digital TVs. I love the Internet and I love DVDs.” Then teacher said “DVDs, too?” Ss said
“Yes….digital video disks. I love just every kind of digital device you could think of” Teacher said “Really? And are you familiar with all those devices?” Ss said “I am
familiar with a lot of them.” This conversation will continue to include other students. The mean subjects to come back to are what business they had and teacher
took a note: During all the interaction the teacher listens with interest to student’s comments. The teacher gives feedback after each comment, making sure to let the
students realize that they do already know a lot. In pre-reading activities the teacher mind mapping, the topic was future
technology. The teacher asked students to make conversation “what kind of technology do you like?” they answered eagerly “mobile phone, TV, computer,
bicycle, plane, car, etc” the teacher show mobile phone and said “attention please, everybody who has mobile phone came forward and wrote a word that related to
technology of mobile phone on the white board” many students participated in this activities by writing words related to mobile phone including new technology that we
use in everyday. Then teacher asked their favorite mobile phone, computer and show them pictures. Finally the teacher told them the topic that was going to be learnt.
In whilst reading activities in this stage began with read silently and underlying the difficult words in the text. Then the students read silently underlined
the new vocabularies. The teacher asked the students to read the text individually and underlined the difficult words. When students finished underlying the difficult words,
they were asked to guess the meaning. Then teacher said “when you finished reading try to guess the meaning of your difficult words, please”. The students worked on the
task seriously to guess them meaning with their friends in group where the good students were placed in different group. About twenty minute’s teacher said “let’s
discuss together the answers of the task. During the discussion and answering questions on domination of students occurs because the teacher spread up the
commit to user dominated students in to different groups. In post-reading the teacher said “when you
finished, discussing okay we discuss together in correct answers” almost all group completed their answers.
In post reading the students were encouraged to ask more questions on difficult words by saying “anymore questions about the text” the students answers
“no”. At the end students were asked to make the list of their favorite new technology and share with the class. One group shared in the class about china new
technology in mobile phone. The teacher encouraged the students to enjoy reading and told them how
important reading is and said good bye. The class end at 9:40 AM.
b Second meeting
On 03 December 2010, Friday at 8:00 AM then lesson started in pre-reading activity the teacher greeted students by saying “Good morning everybody. How are
you all?” the students answered “Good morning sir. I am fine, thank you and you?” the teacher answered “I am very well. Thanks.” After that the researcher checks the
attendance list. In pre-reading activities the teacher mind mapping of lesson plan and show
the picture about the topic. The topic was mapping of culture. The students selected the topic. When the teacher did the mind mapping on the culture many students wrote
words related to culture. Then the teacher asked about the culture in Laos while showing the picture. Many students remind of their memories on Boun Bang Fai
Festival. Student K said “oh, I enjoy in my village” Finally the teacher told the students’ about the topic that was going to be learnt.
Whilst reading activities in this stage began with read silently and underlying the difficult words in the text. Then the students read silently underlined the new
vocabularies. The teacher asked the students to read the text individually and underlined the difficult words. After couple minutes students underlying the difficult
words, they were asked to guess the meaning. Then teacher said “when you finish reading try to guess the meaning of your difficult words, please”. The students work
commit to user on the task seriously to guess them meaning with their friends in group where the
good students were placed in different group. About twenty minutes teacher said “let’ discuss together the answers of the task. When there was no discussion anymore the
teacher asked students to do exercises in the hand out in groups. Then the teacher and students discussed the answers together in class.
In post-reading the students were encouraged to ask more questions on difficult words. At the end the students in groups made the list of the cause of Boun
Bang Fai Festival and enjoy with sharing in their class. The students who were low of learner said “I enjoy and easy to learn English language in groups”. Then the teacher
said “well done Mr. F.” The teacher encouraged the students to enjoy reading and told them how
important reading is and said good bye. The class end at 9:40 AM.
c Third meeting post-test
The whole students of En32 students participated in the post test. The total number of students was 30 students. The post test was in the form of written test
consist of 40 question including WH question, inference question, identify paragraph and identify main idea.
3. Observation the action
