Analysis of the Second Cycle

4.3. Analysis of the Second Cycle

The second cycle was conducted on Tuesday, 28 November 2006. It was followed by 34 students. The topic in this cycle was My Body. The procedure of the teaching and learning process was same as in the first. The words and activity presented by teacher in the second cycle were related to our body and the functions. They were head, eyes, ears, mouth, nose, cheek, neck, hair, hand, arm, tooth, leg, foot, etc. The verbs presented were see, smell, hear, taste, bite, eat, count, kick, etc. In this cycle the teacher also introduced some adjective, they were tall, short, slim, fat, white, black, curly, straight, handsome, beautiful, etc. The teacher explained again to the students about the method that would be used was same like the activities before. In this occasion, the students were getting adaptable with the activities. The teacher asked four students to come forward and sit with her on chairs facing the other students. They were different students from the student who were in the first cycle. In this time, they did it voluntarily without pointed by the teacher. They would be the models for some commands. The teacher explained again the procedures to the models and uttered some commands related to the topic while performing it briefly and slowly. The other students listened and paid attention to the performances seriously when the teacher and their four friends performed commands. The commands which is given in this cycle were related the part of the body and its functions such as; Close your eyes, Smell your hair, Raise your hand, Open your mouth, etc. The teacher repeated these activities for several times and the four students had to imitate her. Then, the models performed what the teacher said collectively and then individually. The teacher always corrected if they did not understand or made some mistakes .After the four students succeed doing all commands, the teacher asked the rest students to practice with their partner. The teacher also guided them when they got difficulties in practicing the commands and pronouncing the words. In order to improve their memories with the lesson, the teacher wrote the vocabulary items and commands they just learnt on the board and she acted those out again so that students being more clearly. She also explained those pronunciations and the students repeated after her. The activities process in this cycle could run better than the previous cycle. The students had become accustomed with the activities given by the teacher. Therefore, they were not afraid and shy anymore in performing any command even though they made mistake. Finally, they could produce their own commands. They asked to work in group, to try making some commands and gave those to their friends. After the teaching and learning process in the second cycle, the writer gave a post-test to evaluate the students. There were 20 items in the form of command lists. The result of the first activity is that 2 students got 70; 1 student got 75; 7 students got 80; 4 students got 85; 6 students got 90; 2 students got 95; 12 students got 100. The result of the second cycle can be seen in the table below Table 3. The Result of the Test in the Second Cycle No Students Code Total Score 1 A-01 17 85 2 A-02 16 80 3 A-03 20 100 4 A-04 18 90 5 A-05 20 100 6 A-06 17 85 7 A-07 16 80 8 A-08 20 100 9 A-09 18 90 10 A-10 19 95 11 A-11 14 70 12 A-12 16 80 13 A-13 20 100 14 A-14 15 75 15 A-15 20 100 16 A-16 18 90 17 A-17 18 90 18 A-18 16 80 19 A-19 17 85 20 A-20 16 80 21 A-21 20 100 22 A-22 16 80 23 A-23 20 100 24 A-24 17 85 25 A-25 20 100 26 A-26 20 100 27 A-27 18 90 28 A-28 19 95 29 A-29 20 100 30 A-30 18 90 31 A-31 16 80 32 A-32 20 100 33 A-33 14 70 34 A-34 20 100 Total of the students = 34 3045 The average of the students’ result = students the of number The percentage the of total The = 34 3045 = 89.56 The average of the students’ achievement in the second cycle is 89.56. According to the criterion as stated in the chapter three, it can be said that the second cycle is more successful since the result is better than in the pre-test and in the first cycle.

4.4. Analysis of the Post-Test