choices. Another improvement was about the classroom situation when teaching- learning process takes place. Hopefully students would be inspired by pictures and
instrumental music media, were motivated to work on activities, paid more attention to the tasks, were enthusiastic in doing writing strategies, and were
interested in a dynamic technique. The improvement could be proved from students
‘ achievement scores. The initial condition before action research, the mean score was 62.78 and hopefully it would increase to 64.
F. Schedule of the Research
The research schedule was carried out in nine months at semester two in the Academic Year of 2009 2010 as follows:
Table 3.3: Research Schedule Jan
Febr Marc
Aprl May
Jun Jul
Aug
Preparing the instruments and arranging the letter of permission
Doing interview and observation
Testing out the technique to the 11
th
grade students of Language Program
Doing analysis the results
Writing the complete research result for the findings of thesis
Finishing thesis
CHAPTER IV RESEARCH RESULTS AND DISCUSSION
The aims of the research are to find out whether or not and to what extent A Four-Phase T
echnique can improve the students‘ imaginative writing skills, and to describe the changes may happen after implementing A Four-Phase Technique
in the classroom climate. Those are described in Chapter IV which is divided into three sections. Section A relates to the process of the research which describes the
pre-research, section B relates with the implementation of the research, and section C relates with the process of research describes the findings and the
discussion of the findings. The summary of the research is explained in Table 4.1.
Table 4.1. Process of the Research
STEPS DESCRIPTION
PARTICIPANT TECHNIQUES
DATA A. Pre-Research
Surveying the problems of teaching writing
1. Doing Questionnaire
at 7
th
of Jan 2010
Giving students questionnaires about their
a. Learning style b. Self
–concept c. Students’ interests
33 Students Questionnaire
using Likert scale
Questionnaire report
2. Having Teaching
Observation at 14
th
of Jan 2010 Ask colleague S to observe
Teacher researcher to get feedback of the real
problems of teaching writing in class situation
Colleague S 55 years old, an
English Teacher Observation
checklists using
Semantic scale
Observation report in field
notes
3. Interview with Colleague S at
Thursday, 10.15 o’ clock, 21
st
of January 2010
Interviewing Colleague S related with real problems
in teaching writing skills Colleague S
Depth Interview
Interview transcript
B. Research Implementation
to improve S s’
imaginative writing skills change
class situation Cycle stages: 1 planning
the action, 2 implementing the action, 3 observing
the action, and 4 reflecting the observation
1. Planning Stage Cycle 1:March,23
Cycle 2: May, 7 Preparing Lesson plan: the
technique, strategies, activities, tasks, media,
materials, time schedule Cycle 1:
“The Old man
Donkey” Cycle 2: “The
Mysterious Thief”
