105 researcher considered that appropriate reading materials consisted of suitable
topic, level of difficulties and contents for the students. Based on the implementation and improvement in each cycle, the level of
motivation of the students increased. In the first cycle was cycle the students motivation was not as high as the second cycle. In the first cycle, there were some
points which showed that the students had low motivation in reading. Meanwhile, in the second cycle the studen
ts’ motivation was better than the previous cycle. In this cycle, the researcher found that most of points of the observation result
showed that the students had high motivation. It meant the use authentic texts to motivate the students in studying English was really helpful.
B. Recommendations
In this part, there were some suggestions for English teachers and future researchers who were interested in conducting similar research.
1. Recommendations for English Teachers
It was rcommended for English teacher who wanted to motivate their students in reading activities using authentic texts in reading class. The positive
learning atmosphere could create by using authentic texts because it could fulfil both of the students’ need and also interest in reading class. There were some
points which should be given more attention using authentic texts. The first point was choosing appropriate reading texts which the topic was interesting for the
students. The second point was choosing reading materials which had appropriate level of difficulties for the students.
106 However it was better for teacher to conduct the varied activities during
the learning in order to avoid students’ boredom in reading class. Besides varying the activities the researcher also needed to prepare pre learning activity before
beginning the lesson because it made students more ready to join the following activities. In pre learning activities could be done by discussing the topic of the
reading material. Using other media such as pictures and short videos in discussing the topic was really helpful in prepare the students to join the lesson.
2. Recommendations for Future Researchers
The researcher realized that this research still had limitations especially in implementing authentic texts to improve
students’ motivation in reading class through classroom action research. Researcher might to find new ways to improve
the students’ reading motivation through the use authentic as the teaching media. If the future researchers wanted to use authentic texts, it was better to apply
different genre of texts for example in procedure and report, so we know how
authentic texts could work in other genre.
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APPENDICES
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APPENDIX 1
Permission Letter for the
Governor Office of DIY
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APPENDIX 2
Permission Letter from the
Governor Office of DIY
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APPENDIX 3
Permission Letter from the
Mayor of Bantul
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APPENDIX 4
Surat Permohonan Menjadi
Responden
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APPENDIX 5
Observation Checklist for
Preliminary Information
Gathering
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OBSERVATION CHECKLIST ON THE ACTIVITIES OF STUDENTS School : SMA N 1 Kasihan Bantul
Class : XI IPA I Day
: Tuesday, 18 March 2014 Please give check √ on the place provided based on students’ activities during the observation.
No Statements
Statements 1
2 3
4 5
6 7
8 9
10 11
12 13
14 15
16 17
18 19
20 21
22 23
24 25
26 27
28 29
30 31
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Students enter to the classroom on
time. 2
Students show that they have the
background knowledge.
3 Students pay
attention to the teacher’s
explanation. 4
Students do the tasks given by
the teacher seriously.
5 Students are
active to ask and
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answer. 6
Students are sleepy during the
lesson. 7
Students chat with other
outside the topic. 8
Students can cooperate with
their friends while discussion.
9 Students show
their enthusiasm during the lesson.
10 Students use their
dictionary to find the difficult
words very often. 11
Students complain about
the task given by the teacher very
often.
12 Students use
English most of the time.
13 Students follow
the instruction which is given by
the teacher easily.
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Preliminary Information Gathering
OBSERVATION CHECKLITS RESULT ON THE ACTIVITIES OF STUDENT School : SMA N 1 Kasihan Bantul
Class : XI IPA 1 Day
: Thursday, March 18
th
2014
No Statement
Percentage Notes
25 26-50
51-75 76-100
1 Students enter to the classroom on
time. 76.7
high motivation
2 Students show that they have the
background knowledge. 40
low motivation
3 Students pay attention to the
teacher’s explanation. 83.4
high motivation
4 Students do the task given by the
teacher seriously. 66.7
moderate motivation
5 Students are active to ask and
answer. 60
moderate motivation
6 Students are sleepy during the
lesson. 100
high motivation
7 Students chat with others outside
the topic during the lesson. 20
very low motivation
8 Students can cooperate with
others while discussion. 80
high motivation
9 Students show their enthusiasm
during the lesson. 66.7
moderate motivation
10 Students use the dictionary to find
the unfamiliar words. 16.7
very low motivation
11 Students complain about the task
given by the teacher very often. 40
moderate motivation
12 Students speak English most of
time during the lesson. 20
very low motivation
13 Students follow the instruction
which is given by the teacher easily
70 moderate
motivation
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APPENDIX 6
Interview Guidelines
124 Interview Guideline
1. How many times in a week do the students have reading activity in
English class?
2. How is reading activity done in class?
3. What kind of activities do the students have?
4. Do the students have good reading skill?
5. What are their difficulties in reading activities?
6. What types of reading source used in class?
7. In your, opinion what type of reading source the students like?
8. Have you ever used magazine as reading source in English class?
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APPENDIX 7
Lesson Plan and Teaching
Materials
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Rencana Pelaksanaan Pembelajaran RPP
Satuan Pendidikan : SMA
Nama Sekolah : SMA Negeri 1 Kasihan Bantul
Mata Pelajaran : Bahasa Inggris
Kelas Program Semester : XIIPA1 genap
Alokasi waktu : 2X45 menit 1 pertemuan
A. Standar Kompetensi : Membaca
