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life. However, learning English at Elementary School, the students are expected to be able to reach the informational level because they are
prepared to continue their study in Junior High School. The epistemic level is too high for Elementary School because English in Indonesia functions as
a foreign language.
2.6 Purposes of Learning English at Elementary School
English at Elementary School have the purpose to make the students have the ability:
a. Developing the communicative competence in spoken and written
language to reach a functional level. b.
Having consciousness about the essence and the importance of English to improve nation’s competence ability in the global society.
c. Developing the students’ comprehension about the relation between
language and culture.
2.7 Classroom Action Research
2.7.1 The Meaning of Action Research
Action research or classroom action research is popular in education field. According to Hopkins 1985:4, the action research is a form of self-
reflective inquiry undertaken by participants in a social including school
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situation in order to improve the rationality and justice of a their own social or educational practices, b their understanding of these practices,
and c the situations in which practices are carried out. Classroom action research begins with a question or questions about classroom experiences,
issues, or challenges. It is a reflective process which helps teachers to explore and examine aspects of teaching and learning and to take action to
change and improve. Action research was a reflective process of progressive problem solving led by individuals working with others in terms or as part
of a community of practice to improve the way their address issues and solves problems. http:en.wikipedia.orgwikiaction_research.
2.7.2 Aim of Conducting Action Research
Nowadays, the new information, knowledge and technology in Indonesia’s education world grow very fast. It causes the demand on
educational services, which must be done by teachers. Teachers have to solve the problems they face properly. To solve the problems, they should
use an appropriate method such as action research. Elliot 1998:49 states that fundamental aim of action research is to improve practice rather than to
produce knowledge. The action research is a good method that can be used in teaching learning process. There are many benefits of conducting action
research. The benefits of conducting action research are: 1
Improving the teachers’ self confidence because they have more knowledge experience to solve problems,
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2 Helping the teachers to understand the essence of education
empirically not theoretically, 3
More effective when we compare with other training, and 4
Improve the research tradition among teachers. Elliot,
198:58
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CHAPTER III METHOD OF INVESTIGATION
In this chapter, the writer presents research method. It provides with object of study, population and sample, research variable, research design, validity
and reliability, scoring system, criterion of assessment.
3.1 Object of Study
