Planning Implementation of Cycle 2

understand. In this cycle, the researcher tried to provide more lists of words that could help the students to be familiar with English. The researcher used English continually in each meeting and limit to use the Indonesian language during the lesson process. She tried to make the students understand the researcher’s questions by paraphrasing the questions and using the synonyms of some English words. It could be seen from the extracts below. P greeted and asked S’ condition “Good morning class, how are you today?” S answered shortly “Fine thank you”. “Well, who is absent today?” “Sukron mbak, he is sick in UKS” “I hope he will get better soon” “Class, today we are accompanied by Mrs.Susan and we will have a discussion games like yesterday, are you ready? All of S said together “ready” Then P asked again “Is there any question before playing the games?”, Most of the students responded “Tell me to speak in a good sentence” P answered “O.K , I will show you how to make a good sentence and don’t worry, this is speaking session. So please be expressive and don’t be afraid of making mistake, do you understand?” Some students agreed and some others answered yes. Field note 6, Friday, November 15 th , 2013 Moreover, the students were more enthusiasts using English in the second meeting of the Cycle 2. The interview with some students recorded that their speaking ability increased as well. R : Kalo mbak jelasin pake bahasa Inggris gitu mudeng nggak kalian? What is in your mind when I explain the material in English? Do you understand? S11: Mudeng kok mbak, dulu sih pas awal-awal nggak mudeng tapi trus makin kesini jadi terbiasa dengerin bahasa Inggris terus jadi lebih paham. I do understand miss although it was very difficult for me in the first time but after being treated with English every meeting I can understand better S12: Iya betul itu mbak, kalau tiap hari diajarin kosakata baru sama cara ngucapinnya lama-lama jadi mudeng walau sebagian kata kadang suka nggak jelas tapi intine mudeng kok mbak. That’s right miss, if we learn new words every day with correct pronunciation I will understand better than before but generally I know R : Oh gitu, jadi karena tiap hari digunain jadi terbiasa dan bisa ngerti ya dek ya? Lha kalian ada saran nggak dek buat ini semua? I see. Its due to the habit right? do you have a suggestion for this? S10: Ini lho mbak, kalo bisa praktek langsung sama bule bisa pas ke Malioboro kaya gitu. Actually I want to practice with native speaker in Malioboro Street Interview transcript 8, Wednesday, November 20 th , 2013 b. Implementing Directed Discussion Games The implementation of directed discussion games in cycle 2 was conducted in two meetings. The students still learned about asking and giving opinion through the games but in different topic and group arrangement. By implementing various topics for discussing among the students in the group, the students were hoped not to be bored of the activities so that in the end of the cycle, their speaking ability could improve. The detail of the actions in each meeting was discussed as follows. 1 1 st meeting The first meeting in cycle II was implemented on Friday, November 15 th , 2013. The topic of the discussion was about using handphone in classroom and it was covered in comments games. The students arranged the group discussion by themselves and sat together with their group member. First, the researcher reviewed about making a good sentence and also words list related to the topic. After that, she played the video for the students about the phenomena corruption in Indonesia. The researcher did not explain asking and giving expression since it was done in the previous meetings. By looking the video, the students automatically did discussion with the group member to find necessary information of the given topic. Meanwhile, the researcher keep monitoring the discussion session. The students looked seriously talking about the corruption issues and sometimes they asked the researcher some difficult words. The discussion session ended in twenty minutes and they took turn to present their discussion result. Comments game required the students to present their own opinion about the topic using appropriate expression in front of their friend. After the presentation, it began with answering friends’ comment about their opinion. There would be a point both for questioning group and the presenting group in asking and answering the questions. Each group had ten minutes to present their result and also to give comments for the questions. Merely, the students enjoyed the game and made them more fluent in speaking English in front of their friend. They tend to build their confidence and the ability to speak naturally. It could be proven from the extracts below. Giving comment was the game on that day and there was a reward for the best performing group. A group who actively asked and answered would get points from P that could be collected to be the best. All of the students were enthusiast in discussion session using English although some of them still did not know few difficult words and asked P. The discussion session ended for about twenty minutes and the entire group had to perform their result. This time, most of the students were confident to speak up though there were some students bringing small note during presentation. While performing the discussion result, the other group preparing some questions and would asked after it finished. Finally, P announced the winner of the game that won by group 2 “Congratulation for group two in raising the highest point” then they answered “Thank you so much miss”. Field note 6, Friday, November 15 th , 2013