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and  awareness  and  checklist  of students’  participation  which  were  occupied  in
pre-cycle, first and the second cycle.
c. Observation.
Observation  was  conducted  by  the  observers  of  this  research  during  the teaching-learning  process  in  the  first  and  second  cycle.  The  function  of  this
activity  was  to  monitor  and  evaluate  the  whole  implementation  in  this  research. The  result  contributed  to  draw  research  findings  supporting  those  of  tests  or
questionnaires.
7. Instruments of Collecting Data
The  data  in  this  study  were  gathered  from  the  following  instruments: multiple choice reading  tests
, questionnaire survey on students’ initial condition, survey  questionnaire  of  reading  interest  and  awareness,  group  participation
checklist and observation sheet.
a. Multiple Choice Reading Tests.
The  multiple  choice  reading  tests  in  this  study  were  compiled  from several  reading  test-
books,  they  are  “Genre  Dilengkapi  700  Soal  Uji Pemahaman” by Otong Setiawan Djuhari, “English Text Types” by Rudi Hartono,
and  “An  English  Course  Focused  on  Reading  and  Translation  Ability”  by  A. Ghani Johan. On scoring the
students’ works, the lecturer used the manual rubric for multiple choice tasks correct answer = 1 point, incorrect = 0.
b. Survey Questionnaire on Students’ Initial Condition
Initial  condition  means  a  certain  condition  where  the  students  have  not got any treatment  yet. This survey questionnaire was given to the students in the
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beginning  of  the  class  after  they  did  a  pre-test.  There  were  seven  7  questions employed  in  this  questionnaire.  It  was  intended  to  find  out  the  students’
knowledge  of  genre  texts.  Thus,  the lecture  could  measure  their  ability  on  genre texts and gave an appropriate treatment t
o improve the students’ ability.
c. Survey Questionnaire on Reading Interest and Awareness.
This  survey  questionnaire  was  designed  by  modifying  the  model  of students’ survey checklist of interest and awareness of self-assessment in writing
from O’Malley 1996:154. Some irrelevant points in the checklist were removed and replaced with the relevant ones concerning with the issues in this study.
d. Checklist of Students’ Participation in Group Discussions
Checklist  of
students’  participation  in  group  discussions  was  taken
following the model of Forster and Masters 1996. It was intended to obtain the information  about  the  students
’  participation  in  group  discussions  in  both  two cycles. The result of this checklist supported the findings of this study.
e. Observation Sheet