known that the students’ weaknesses were in vocabulary in particular regular and irregular verbs so the research was conducted in VIII C grade of MTs N 1 Jember.
3.6 Research Procedure
The action was implemented in the form of cycle in which covered four steps activities in order to achieve the objective of the research. They were planning of the
action, the implementation of the action, observation, and reflection. The detail explanation is in the following parts.
3.6.1 The Planning of the Action
In the planning of action, the researcher prepared all the things needed in implementation of the action. The activities of planning the action were:
1. Choosing the appropriate material based on the curriculum for eighth grade
of Junior High School and determining the focus of the research. 2.
Constructing lesson plans collaboratively with the teacher 3.
Constructing the students’ worksheet dealing with the regular and iregular verbs exercises and the observation guide
4. Preparing the picture file related to the material
5. Constructing the Regular and Irregular verbs achievement test
3.6.2 The Implementation of the Action
The implementation of the actions were done in the classroom during the school hours based on the schedule of the class. The implementation of each cycle based on
lesson plans. In the actions the students were taught about regular and irregular verbs in the recount text using a picture file. The test was administered in the third meeting.
3.6.3 Observation
The activities in the classroom could determine whether the result could achieved the object or not. Observation was conducted during the implementation of
the actions. Conducting observation was to record the students’ participation. the
effect of the teaching and learning process to the students’ regular and irregular verbs
achievement or not could be seen in the result of observation. The more the students participate in the teaching and learning process, the more the students master regular
and irregular verbs. To know the students ’ participation, the researcher used
observation checklist. Besides, to know whether the teaching and learning process gave an effect to the students
’ achievement on regular and irregular verbs, the teacher used achievement test as the measurement. Observation is done during the
implementation of the plans meeting 1 and 2, while achievement test is administered after the implementation of the plans meeting 3
There were criteria to determine whether the action achieved the target successfully or not. In this research, The criteria of the successful classroom action
research were as follows: 1.
At least 70 of the students are active during the teaching and learning process by using a picture file
2. At least 70 of the students achieve the minimum standard score that is 75.
The score obtained by the students are then classified based on the classification score below.
The classification of the score levels
Score Category
80-100 Excellent
70-79 Good
60-69 Fair
40-59 Poor
39 Failed
Depdiknas: 2006
3.6.4 Reflection
In reflection, the researcher and the English teacher reviewed the process of teaching and learning to get information about the strengths and the weaknesses of
the teaching and learning process, and analyzed the result of observation and regular and irregular verbs test. The result of the reflection was used as the guide to revise the
implementation of the previous action and to draw a conclusion of the research. The researcher did reflection with the English teacher collaboratively.
3.7 Data Analysis Method
