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2 The improvement of students involvement
Based on the observation in cycle 2, the teacher and the collaborative teacher found a significant improvement related to students’ involvement. By
making a big circle, the students could be involved maximally. Mostly, they were not in doubt and ashamed to act as in the first cycle.
3 The improvement of class management
Class management in cycle 2 was much better than that of cycle 1. By making a big circle, it was easy to manage so that noise could be eliminated. In
fact, the way in conducting TPR by setting the students’ seat position in a big circle worked well.
4. Reflecting of Cycle 2
This stage is aimed at analyzing and examining the final results of the action in the cycle 2. After doing action research in the class, there were some strengths
and weaknesses. The strengths in cycle two were the improvement of vocabulary mastery especially aspects of pronunciation, and spelling, the improvement of
students’ motivation, confidence and involvement during the lesson. The following table is the result of implementation of cycle two
Table 9: Implementation of Cycle 2 Cycle 2
Discussing Explanation
Planning Students’ problem
Solution a.
The students had problems with spelling and pronunciation.
b. The students were noisy during the lesson.
c. The time allotment is not sufficient
a. Writing the same words on the blackboard to be
spelled and to be pronounced. b.
Changing the seat position into big circle without
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tables available to avoid noise. c.
Preparing the media before the class began. Acting
Meeting 1 Conducting Total Physical Response to study vocabulary
of the topic “Food and drinks”. Meeting 2
Conducting Total Physical Response to study vocabulary of the topic “Direction and Location”.
Meeting 3 Conducting Total Physical Response to study vocabulary
of the topic “Clothes”. Meeting 4
Conducting Total Physical Response to study vocabulary of the topic “Hobby”.
Observing The researcher and collaborative teacher observed the
implementation and noted the results in field notes, diaries, and video shooting.
Reflecting Strengths
Weaknesses a.
There was improvement in students’ vocabulary mastery especially in spelling and pronunciation.
b. The class management was improved; the seat
position made the class well-managed. The students still got difficulty in aspect of using word
and they were sometimes confused to cover the four aspects of vocabulary in the allotted time.
a. The strengths of Cycle 2
1 There was improvement in students’ English vocabulary mastery especially for
the aspects of spelling and pronunciation. 2
The class management was improved; seat position made the class well organized and enabled the teacher to control the students’ involvement,
confidence, and motivation. b.
The weaknesses of Cycle 2 Some students still got difficulty in aspect of using word and they sometimes
confused to cope with the four aspects of vocabulary in the allotted time.
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5. Revising the Plan
