3.8.4 Pre-Test
Pre test was conducted to the students in order to know the student‟s mastery towards the irregular past forms. This test was conducted before starting any
cycle. In this test, the students had to answer the selected questions which were valid and reliable.
3.8.5 Cycle 1
Cycle 1 consisted of four steps: planning, acting, observing, and reflecting. They
were described as the following. 3.8.5.1
Planning
At this step, the teaching instruments were prepared. They were the teaching materials, lesson plan, powerpoint, and media. The tools were laptop, a LCD
projector and a camera.
3.8.5.2 Acting
After all instruments were prepared, the next step was acting. At this step, there were treatment and interval test. They were described as follows.
1 Treatment
Here were the steps of the treatment: 1
the students were given a text in order to make them aware of irregular past form;
2 all the verbs in the text were taken, then the students were asked to
categorize whether the verb was regular or irregular form. The students wrote the answer in the given table;
3 the students were asked to fill in the blanks the other text using irregular
past forms; 4
the students paid attention to the teacher‟s explanation about the irregular past forms;
5 the teacher gave more examples of irregular past forms;
6 the students were introduced to the crossword puzzle and numbered heads
together; 7
the rules of numbered heads together were explained; and 8
the teacher conducted the combination of crossword puzzle and numbered heads together .
2 Interval Test
Interval test was given to the students after the treatment was conducted. It was used to find out the students‟ improvement after they were given the treatment.
The students were asked to answer the questions related to the irregular past forms.
3.8.5.3 Observing
At the observing step, students‟ attitudes during the teaching and learning process were observed by making a note in the prepared observation sheet.
3.8.5.4 Reflecting
Reflecting was the last step in cycl e 1. At this step, the students‟ achievement
was evaluated by analyzing the interval test and the field note. Those results were used to decide whether the researcher should give an additional treatment
and remedial test for those who failed in the interval test or moved to cycle 2. If the result of field note in observing step showed that the students had low
motivation in the learning process, the researcher would revise the activities in the cycle 2 lesson plan.
3.8.6 Cycle 2
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