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CHAPTER IV RESULT AND DISCUSSION
This chapter presents the result of research. In this case, it mentions the way to improve students’ achievement on past continuous tense by using portfolio
assessment technique at class VIII.9 of SMPN 1 Pasar Kemis, Tangerang academic year 20102011. Related to the discussion of the result, it is divided into
three parts. Those are the previous implementation of CAR, the implementation of CAR, and the discussion of all data after implementing the CAR.
A. The Previous Implementation of CAR
Before implementing CAR, the writer did pre observation and pretest to know the general conditions of the classroom. These are the explanation:
1. The Result of Pre Observation
The writer conducted the observation as a beginning step in this study. Pre observation was conducted on Wednesday, November 10
th
2011 with the students as a subject. Pre observation was held in order to find the problem in
the classroom. Then the writer and the teacher followed up the hypothesis by conducting CAR.
Based on the observation the writer found that teaching and learning activity generally is very monotonous and deductive in teaching the past
continuous tense. The teacher gave the explanation of the concept and the using of the past continuous tense then asked for question to the students. Some
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students respond the teacher, but most of them got bored and ignored teachers’
question. In the first session of the class, the teacher explained and continued by
giving simple examples. The teacher delivered the material in one way communication where the students had less opportunity to ask questions. Then,
without giving any interesting stimulations, the teacher directly asked the students to make past continuous tense sentences in their book. After giving
explanation, the teacher gave some assignment in the students’ work sheet LKS. Then, the teacher asked students to answer the questions together and
gave the score. When the teacher checked some students work, most students were
cheating each other. Instead, the teacher let them did their work not individually. This led the students to not pay attention to the grammar lesson
because it was so bored and difficult for them. Consequently there were only several students that could get good achievement in English lesson.
2. The Result of Pretest
The pre test had done before CAR. It was conducted on Wednesday, November 17
th
, 2010. There were 20 questions in multiple-choice form in which the students carried out the test during 25 minutes. The result of the pre
test can be seen in the following table:
Table 4.1. Students Pre Test Score
Pre Test Highest score
80 Lowest Score
15 Mean Score
55.25
The data showed that the mean score of pre test was 55.25. There were only 14 students who reached the score of KKM, meanwhile the other 26
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students were below that criterion. The lowest achievement gained score 15. From that analyzing, it could be seen that almost of the VIII-9
students’ understanding on the past continuous tense was still very low.
B. The Implementation of CAR