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grammar. Object of the study is pattern drill techniques to improve students’
understanding of the passive form of Present Continuous Tense
C. The Writer’s Role on the Study
In this research, the writer has two roles, as observer and collaborator. As the observer, the writer observes the situation in the classroom. As the
collaborator, the writer makes the lesson plan and then, the teacher carries out the action based upon it. The writer also makes the pre-test, that is a test that is given
before Classroom Action Research CAR indented to know the students’ weakness and Post-test, the test that is given after CAR to know whether or not
they make an improvement.
D. The Time and Place of the Study
This research is carried out for three months started from February to April 2012. The place is at grade I Accountancy of SMK Bina Insani Tangerang,
academic year 20112012.
E. The Research Design
The writer adopted Kurt Lewin’s design of Classroom Action Research CAR in this research. It consists of two cycles in which cycle contains four
phases, namely, planning, acting, observing, and reflecting.
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Figure 3.1 Kurt Lewin’s Action Research Design
CYCLE 1
CYCLE 2
The implementation of Clasroom Action Research CAR based on the Kurt Lewin’s design, in each cycle as follows:
PLANNING ACTING
OBSERVING REFLECTING
PLANNING ACTING
REFLECTING OBSERVING
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Figure 3.2 The Phases of Classroom Action Research modified by the writer
CYCLE 1
CYCLE 2
Planning After doing several things to get
scaffolding of the class, such as interviewing the teacher, observing the
class, and giving the pre-test, here the writer and the teacher prepare the lesson
plan, observational guidelines, and the post-test.
Acting The teacher applies the lesson
plan that has been made; that is teaching passive form of Present
Continuous
Tense by
using pattern drill.
Observing While the process of teaching-
learning is taking place, the writer observes the teacher’s performance,
the class situation, and students’ responses. At the end of cycle 1, the
students are given a post test 1, that intent to know whether or not the
students’ make any progress toward improvement.
Reflecting After getting the result of post-test 1, the
write and the teacher discuss about the implementation of the action. Next, they
make some modification to revise the founded obstacles that may occur in the
first cycle.
Planning The writer and the teacher are together
making a new lesson plan which some emendation in pattern drill strategy,
and also prepare the observational guidelines and post-test.
Acting The teacher implements the lesson
plan; where students need to be emphasized on changing the negative
form of Present Continuous Tense to become the passive form.
Reflecting The writer and the teacher discuss
about the result in implementing the emendation action. If the target of
CAR has already achieved, the cycle will be stopped. But if it is not, the
cycle will continue to the next one. Observing
The writer observes the teacher’s performance, the class situation, and the
student’s response. At the end of cycle two, the students were given the post-test
2. Then, the writer calculates the score and sees if there is some improvement
from the previous test.
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F. The Classroom Action Research CAR Procedures
