Determining the Field Problems be Solved
46 make use of the English expressions conveyed in asking for and giving
information accurately and fluently according to the situation. To achieve the learning objective, the students have to fulfill the following indicators. First,
students are able to pronounce words related to the class with correct stress. Second, students are able to utter
expressions of “asking for and giving information about tourism”. Third, students are able to use the expressions of
“asking for and giving information about tourism” in the class fluently. Fourth, students are able to use the expressions of “asking for and giving information
about tourism” in the class through pair work activities with intelligible pronunciation, grammar and good choice of vocabularies. Fifth, students are able
to use pattern of “yes-no questions”, “WH questions” and “Questions with modals
” in the daily contexts. The students’ performance in the last activity was utilized as the evaluation of Cycle 1 progress test. Their speaking performances
were scored by using scoring rubric, the detail scoring rubric in the Appendix H. The researcher determined to use a laptop, a speaker, and handouts as the learning
kits. 2
Actions and Observation a
Meeting 1 At the Travel Agency : Asking and Giving Information About Tourism
The first meeting was held on Mei 11st, 2015. The researcher acted as the English teacher and the real teacher acted as the collaborator. Meanwhile, there
was an observer to observe the teaching and learning process and took some pictures. At 13.30, the researcher, the collaborator and the observer entered the
47 classroom. He introduced himself and called the roles. He told that everybody
should bring their dictionary or borrow it at the library. At that time, he found that some students were absent because two of four students rehearsal for participating
a debate competition. The other was sick, and another was not information. After that, he told the learning objective to the class.
The first activity was distributed the handouts to the students, and it was assisted by the observer. After all of the students got the handouts, to encourage
them, the teacher sticks a big picture on the white board. The teacher also asked some eliciting questions. The students answered the question orally using the
Indonesia language. The teacher asked to the students to open the first page. In the first step, he asked them to look carefully the picture in their handouts. The
teacher played a recording about the picture. That was a conversation based on the picture. When the students listened to the recording, they also read the written
conversation. After all, some students answered the questions related to the recording orally. After they finished answer the questions, the teacher asked the
students to read the next dialogue in the handout, then they should practice it with their own partner. It was in the practice section.
Afterwards, in interval 8-10 minutes, they finished their job to read the dialogue. The teacher asked a pair to go to in front of the class to practice it. Some
students in the back of the class were crowded. After, the first pair performed their conversation, the teacher asked a pair in the back for performing their
conversation in front of the class. But, they were refused it. The teacher gave them opportunity to perform their dialogue in their own desk.