the students to make a role play. The task was needed to improve their pronunciations, grammar, and vocabulary mastery.
2. Cycle 2 a. Planning the Action
Considering to the reflection of cycle 1, the researcher and the teacher discussed the plans that should have an improvement. In cycle 1,
there were still some unsolved problems. Thus, in cycle 2, the researcher and the teacher planned to fix up the unsolved problems in cycle 1 by
implementing the similar activities, implementing communicative games, g
iving feedback on students’ pronunciation, and asking the students to work in group or pairs. Beside those activities, the researcher also
prepared some rewards for the students. The comparison of the actions between Cycle 1 and Cycle 2 could
be seen on the following table.
Table 4.3. The Comparison of the Actions between Cycle 1 and Cycle 2
Cycle 1 Cycle 2
Implementing the communicative games:
- Explaining the materials and the
rules of the games to the students -
Practice the games in front of the class
Implementing the communicative game:
- Explaining the materials and the
rules of the game to the students -
Practice the game in front of the class
Giving feedback on students’ pronunciation
Giving feedback on students’ pronunciation
Using conversational group work and pairs:
- Doing the tasks in group or pairs
- Practice the dialogue in group or
pairs Using conversational group work
and pairs: -
Doing the tasks in group or pairs -
Practice the dialogue in group or pairs
Giving some rewards
b. Implementing and observing the action
Cycle 2 was conducted in one meeting. The topic presented in Cycle 2 was the telephoning mixed with asking and giving agreement
and responding to a statement. In this cycle, the implemented actions were
implementing a communicative game, giving feedback on students’ performance, using conversational group work and pairs, and giving
some rewards. The following is the explanation of the actions. 1
Implementing a communicative game The researcher employed a communicative game about
telephoning mixed with asking and giving permission and responding to a statement in the form of role play. The students were free to
choose the topics so that they could share their ideas and opinions.