Conclusions Suggestions CONCLUSIONS AND SUGGESTIONS

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CHAPTER V CONCLUSIONS AND SUGGESTIONS

This chapter presents conclusions of the study based on the result of the study and suggestions for the students, teachers, and next researchers.

5.1 Conclusions

After conducting the research, I can conclude that look and say was effective as a technique in teaching reading to elementary school students. The students were interested in activities by using look and say technique in learning reading. This technique improved the reading skill of the fourth grade students of SD Negeri Kambangan 1, Tegal in the academic year of 20102011. It could be drawn from the results of the formative test of cycle 1, the formative test of cycle 2, and the post-test. The average score of the pre-test was 58.1. After the activities by using look and say were given, in cycle 1, the average score of the test was 71.05. It was higher than the result of the pre-test or it increased 12.95. Meanwhile, in cycle 2 the average score increased to 82.36. It was 11.31 higher than the result of cycle 1. The average score of the post-test was 83.89. So it totally increased 25.79, which was higher than the pre-test. Furthermore, it can also be concluded that the students like to learn reading by using look and say technique. It was drawn from the field notes which were filled by the English teacher. The field notes showed that the students were in interested in activities by using look and say technique to improve their reading skill. Moreover, based on the analysis of the questionnaire, the students choose learning English by using look and say technique because it was enjoyable, colorful, and lively. 52

5.2 Suggestions

Look and say is only an alternative technique in teaching reading. There are still so many techniques which can be used. Using look and say as a technique in teaching reading helps the teacher and gives much opportunity for the students to be more active in the teaching and learning process. There are some suggestions I want to offer as follows. 1 For the students: they should regularly practice to read to English by reading to other written text; 2 For teachers: look and say is an interesting technique to teach reading to children. That is why they should use it as one of the techniques in teaching reading to make students more motivated to read to English because children need enjoyable and lively learning experiences; 3 There are still so many techniques to introduce written text to children that not have been tried yet. I suggest that the next researcher conduct deeper research by developing other techniques such phonics that is based on letters and sounds. Finally, I hope that the results of this research can be useful for the readers. The readers may have more information about the use of look and say as a technique in teaching reading to elementary school students. This research can be one of the references for the next researchers in conducting other researches. 53 54 The Name List of the Students No. Student’s Name Test Code 1. Agung Hasan Mulyantoro P-1 2. Ananda Nurjanatul Istiqomah P-2 3. Rizki Aji Andika P-3 4. Rudi Alwan P-4 5. Mualimin P-5 6. Bagus Setiawan P-6 7. M. Rizki Maulana P-7 8. Masduki Baihaki P-8 9. M. Riski Luki Saputra P-9 10. Adela Kalviana Dewi P-10 11. Agus Saputra P-11 12. A. Dimas Riski Pangestu P-12 13. A. Reynaldy Saputra P-13 14. Dimas Asmara Wibowo P-14 15. Dinda Nur Fadila P-15 16. Dwi Saputra P-16 17. Harum Putri Asyifa P-17 18. Huni Andini P-18 19. Iin Febrianti P-19 55 20. Khanifatul Mila P-20 21. M. Ade Imam Fauzi P-21 22. Meike Lutfatul Nafsiah P-22 23. Mayang Sari Dwi Saputri P-23 24. M. Alwi Mufti Aji P-24 25. M. Fahmi P-25 26. M. Febriano Hagi P-26 27. M. Ilham Sarur Romadhon P-27 28. M. Irfan Rifai P-28 29. M. Sahrul Mubin P-29 30. Nurul Ilmi P-30 31. Sarif Triana P-31 32. Satria Wibowo P-32 33. Siti Nurul Anisa P-33 34. Tamala Widiastuti P-34 35. M. Abdy Pratama P-35 36. Yusi Kartika Dewi P-36 37. Nadia Lestari P-37 38. Fadlur Rohman P-38 56 LESSON PLAN School : SD Negeri kambangan 1 Subject : English Year Semester : IV fourth II Standard Competence : 7. Memahami tulisan bahasa Inggris sangat sederhana dalam konteks kelas. Basic Competence : 7.2 Memahami kalimat dan pesan tertulis sangat sederhana Indicator : To identify the information in very simple text. Text Type : Transactional Theme : Animals Skill : Reading Time allotment : 2 x 35 minutes

1. Objectives

By the end of the lesson the students are able to: a. Identify the information in the form of simple text. b. Answer the questions related to the text.

2. Materials

a. A text about animals. The Zoo Yudi goes t o t he zoo. The zoo has many kinds of animals. Yudi sees monkeys, snakes, gir af f es, elephant s, bir ds, and a lion. Monkeys like t o eat banana and seeds. Snakes like t o eat f r og and it s body is long. 57 Gir af f es have a long neck. Elephant s have lar ge ear s and a long t r unk. And bir ds can f ly in t he sky. Yudi likes t he lion t he best . He hear s t he lion r oar s. The r oar is so loud. Yudi has t o cover his ear s. Yudi is not af r aid of t he lion. The lion is in a cage. b. Basic expressions:  Attention, please  Raise your hand, please  Look at the picture, please  Say it loudly, please  Come forward, please

3. Teaching Method: Look and Say technique.

4. Teaching and learning activities

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