their work and post it on Facebook. The students were also given homework to study the materials uploade
d by the teacher on the Facebook group “StoryBox”. In the second meeting of cycle 1 or third meeting of the research, May 6
th
2013, the materials which had been uploaded on the Facebook group were explained by the teacher. The material was about the generic structure and the
language features of the recount text and the example of recount text on the theme “Unpleasant Experience”. After the students understood and there were no more
questions about the material, they were asked to make their own recount text with the theme “Unpleasant Experience”.
Then they had to upload it to the Facebook group as a formative test.
3 Observation
In this phase, the observation sheet was used to record the students‟ behavior during the treatment in cycle 1. The observation was done by the English
teacher of class X 2. 4
Reflection The last phase in the cycle 1 was the reflection. In this phase, the result of
the observation in cycle 1 were obtained. From the result, the researcher could find out the weaknesses in cycle 1 and plan the action and the materials for cycle
2.
3.5.3 Cycle 2
Cycle 2 was done after the third meeting until the end of the fifth meeting of the research. The treatment of this cycle was given after the third meeting which was
on Monday, May 6
th
2013. However, it only covered two classroom meetings:
Saturday, May 11
th
2013 and Monday, May 13
th
2013. In the second cycle, the step and the technique were similar with the first cycle. The second cycle was
conducted to fix out the weaknesses of teaching technique found in cycle one. There were also four phases in conducting cycle 2:
1 Planning
In this phase, the following activities were done: a.
Preparing the research planning In this step, the schedule of the research was arranged.
b. Preparing the teaching material
The teaching materials that were prepared were lesson plan for the 2 meetings, the materials in the form of power point slides, the Facebook
group, and the materials which would be uploaded to the Facebook group. c.
Preparing the classroom facilities The usage of LCD for the teaching learning process was afforded.
d. The preparation of measurement tool
In this step, the observation sheet and questionnaire were prepared. e.
The preparation of evaluation scores. The scoring rubric for analyzing the result of the formative-test was
prepared in this step. 2
Action Cycle 2 was done after the third meeting until the end of the fifth meeting
of the research. The activities in cycle 2 were actually similar with cycle 1 but with some revisions.
At the time after the third meeting Monday, May 6
th
2013 and before the fourth meeting Saturday, May 11
th
2013, some activities were done. At this time, the students posted their recount texts they made for formative test to
“StoryBox”. Comments and suggestions were given to those recount texts. Students also commented on at l
east three of their friends‟ works. In the fourth meeting of the research or first meeting of cycle 2, Saturday,
May 11
th
2013, the students‟ recount texts were discussed one by one to find out the mistakes and weaknesses. After that, students were asked to revise their work.
Finally, the students were given homework to study the materials uploaded by the teacher on the Facebook group “StoryBox”. The material was about past tense and
recount text on the theme “My Holiday”. In the second meeting of cycle 2, the materials that had been given were
reviewed. The post- test was also given to measure students‟ progress after the
second treatment. Finally, the questionnaire was distributed to the students to find out their perceptions towards the use of Facebook in learning writing recount text.
3 Observation
Observation was done while the the treatment was being conducted. The observation sheet was used to record the students‟ behavior during the treatment
in cycle 2. The observation was done by the English teacher of class X 2. In the end of this session, the students filled the questionnaire about the use of Facebook
in English writing class. This questionnaire was used to observe students‟
responses toward English subject, writing skill, and the use of Facebook in learning writing recount texts.
4 Reflection
Reflection was the last phase in cycle 2. In this phase, the students‟ writing score improvements after given the treatment were analyzed. Then, based on the
observation sheet, the improvements of students‟ positive behavior were analyzed,
too . The questionnaire were also analysed to know the students‟ responses
towards the use of Facebook in the process of learning writing.
3.6 Procedures of Analyzing Data
