Before closing the class, she gave them homework from the book, so that they could study at home. Then, she closed the meeting by praying together with them.
c. Third Meeting
The third meeting was conducted on Monday, 20
th
April 2015. The researcher started the class by greeting the students, praying together and checking the
attendance list. On that day, she had review first about two meetings before and check their homework. After that, she gave them individual materials, which contained a
short simple text and questions. This materials contained topics that they already got before.
While they were working on their task, the researcher started to ask them one by one to go out from the class to have a speaking test. In this meeting, the researcher
would give a mark as the post test in Cycle 1. 3. Reflection
The researcher and the teacher had a discussion about the influence of the actions to the students’ speaking ability. The discussion was rooted on the
observations during the actions and the interviews with the teacher and the students. It ...While explaining the activity of the day, she distributed a worksheet to the
students. She gave a review of two topics before. At this time, the students should work individually.
worksheet-attached Field notes 6
evaluated what happened in the first cycle. The reflection then would be used as a plan of the actions that would be implemented in the second cycle. The interview
transcript is shown below. It will belong to the process validity. R : If your teacher used English all the time during the class, what do you think?
S1 : Emm...too difficult, miss. But, I can understand if she used gesture or...what is that? Demonstration?
R : Yes. S1 : Yes. I can understand little by little, and...emm, I can practice a lot.
R : Okay, thank you S1
: You’re welcome.
Interview S1
R : Miss, is that a common situation when students could not control their own activity? I mean, they were also busy chatting with their friends.
T : Hahaha...
that’s usually happened, miss. They were a bit active, but don’t worry They are still nice. When they started to be busy, you can ask them to sing together. That
will make them concentrate again. ... R : Okay, thank you, miss
T : Sure.
Interview Teacher
From the transcript above, in Cycle 1, students enjoyed the activity in English. They did not mind if the teacher taught them using English as the language
instruction. By using direct method in the teaching and learning process, students could be discipline as well. But, there was a little problem during the class. The
situation in the classroom was busy enough. The students had a small talk with their friends. Even they walked around the classroom to ask some information from their
friends. During the teaching and learning process in Cycle 1, sometimes students still
used Bahasa Indonesia to ask the teacher about the structure, in order to minimize the uncontrolled activities, the researcher used some games to vary the activities.
R : Can you understand if your teacher only using English during the class? S8 : First, I was surprised that we should speak English all the time because we were
afraid of making mistake. But, it’s okay.
R : Do you enjoy your class? S8 :
Sure It’s cool to practice while playing games. I like it. continued below
... R : Can you
understand teacher’s instruction? S8 : Yes, if she said slowly.
Interview S3
After the researcher conducted Cycle 1, there was a better improvement on their speaking skills. Based on the table below, there is a difference result after Cycle
1.
Table 2 : The Mean Result of Post-test after Cycle 1 No
Name Score
Mean of the class
A F
C P
D
Total 3.11
3.17 3.22
