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CHAPTER IV RESEARCH FINDING
This chapter describes the research finding based on data which is derived from the result of the implementation of Contextual Teaching Learning method in
improving students’ ability in using personal pronoun in 2 cycles, there are:
A. Data Description
After implementing the Classroom Action Research, this research resulted some data, the writer makes 4 parts of data description to know the condition of
the result of this research, there are:
1. The Result of Interview
The interview was done on December 26, 2010. The writer met the English teacher in the teachers
’ room at 10 am until 10.45 am. There the writer asked some questions about VIII classes. The number of students in
VIII-I class is 46 students which are consisting of 13 male students and the rest 33 students are female. And the result was:
a. In the classroom the students seldom to work in groups or in pairs.
b. Yes, but so far only by internet, but when they were in VII class I have
geve them a task to looked for an advertisements in newspaper when delivered material about advertisement.
c. Yes, I ask them to make conclusion sometimes by asking and answer, so I
can measure how far is their understanding the material that we have delivered.
d. Yes, seldom enough. Because to make an English laboratory, we still try
to build it. e.
Yes, so the students can make a connection between the materials in the classroom with their real live.
f. I use various of methods, but mostly I use contextual.
g. Yes, it’s effective enough.
h. Contextual is more emphasize in connecting the materials that the students
learn with the their real live, so they can feel the function and advantages of the material that they have leared.
i. Wow, if we talk about material problems, I have so many problems,
usually in grammar, because in grammar, students learn so many things such as formulas, the pattern of sentences, pronoun, word class an so on.
j. About pronoun yes, they still make some mistakes, moreover if they make
it in the sentences, it can make confuse the readers, such as in make sentence, I like you shoes, she buy I ice cream.
2. The Result of Tests Pre-test and Post-test 1 Pre-test and Post-test 2
To get the valid test instruments for the real subject of this research VIII-1 class, the writer tried some questions about personal pronoun then
tried the questions to another classes VIII-2 and VIII-3. For the first, the writer entered the VIII-2 class on Monday, April 18
th
2011 and then continued to the VIII-3 class on Wednesday, April 20
th
2011. After got the result, the writer selected the questions to look for the valid iteminstrument. For the first
pre test, provided 30 questions and selected 15 valid questions. For the first post test, the writer provided 50 questions, but the valid questions only 15. For
the second pre-test from 50 questions, selected 15 valid questions and the last for the second post-test, the writer provided 30 questions without any options