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An observer wrote: “Sometimes, I saw the students got difficulties and asked the teacher. The
students actively asked questions in order to accomplish the task correctly. Here, I could see that the internal motivation of the students was high.”
Field note of the first meeting of the first cycle, see appendix 7.
That was a good progress made by the students. Besides, 23 students 69.70 agreed and 6 students 18.18 strongly agreed that the use of picture
series was interesting. It meant that the students had positive perception towards the use of picture series in writing a recount text.
Having analyzed the data taken from the research, the researcher concluded that the use of picture series helped the students in XB of SMA N 10 Yogyakarta
write a recount text which is seen from the number of the students who failed to pass the passing grade in preliminary 23 students, cycle one 17 students, and
cycle two 8 students.
B. Research Process
1. Preliminary Study Initial Reconnaissance
The researcher did the preliminary study while he was doing his Program Praktek Lapangan PPL in SMA N 10 Yogyakarta. The researcher did
the preliminary study to know the real condition of the students in XB of SMA N 10 Yogyakarta related to English teaching and learning. Having done the
preliminary study, the researcher could identify the real problem faced by the students.
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The problem identification was taken by observing the students while they were learning English in the classroom. The researcher played a role as a
student-teacher who taught reading and writing skill about recount text. While the researcher was teaching writing a recount text, the students found difficulty in
finding idea to write. They needed a lot of time only to find idea. It was the first problem related to the students’ problem in writing a recount text. After reading
and checking the students’ drafts, the recount texts made by the students were not satisfying enough. There were still many students who could not write a good
recount text. Besides, the researcher also asked the students to write down their
simple opinion towards writing on the back side of their drafts. From the data, there were more than 50 students who stated that writing is difficult. The fact
that the students still have difficulties in writing a recount text became the researcher’s task to help the students of that class overcome the problem dealing
with writing a recount text.
2. Determining Action to Overcome the Problems
Having identified the real problem, the researcher tried to find an action to overcome the problem. The use of picture series was chosen to help the
students of XB of SMA N 10 Yogyakarta write a recount text. Picture series were chosen because the researcher found some advantages of using picture series to
teach recount. After knowing the advantages of using picture series to teach writing recount, it was expected that the students could write a good recount text.
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3. Action Implementation
