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FIELD NOTES No : FN.1 Date : Monday, March 10 th, 2014 Time : 08.00 a.m. Activity : Asking research’s permission Place : Teacher’s office Respondents : R : Researcher ET : English Teacher Yani Sri N, S. Pd. The R arrived at the school at 08.00 a.m. and asked a security guard’s permission to see the ET. The security guard gave permission and asked her to find the ET by herself. Then, she went to the teacher’s office. In the teacher’s office, she did not meet the ET because the ET had a schedule in a class. She waited for ten minutes since the schedule ended at 08.20 a.m. At 08.25 she met the ET in the teacher’s office. Then, she introduced herself to the ET. The ET seemed still remember that the R had graduated in that school. Then R and the ET continued the conversation about the research that would be conducted. She asked the students’ problems in English lesson especially in speaking. They discussed the problem and the solution for about 15 minutes. Later, the R asked permission to conduct the research in SMPN 1 Banguntapan and the ET agreed. The ET gave her chance to choose the class that she wanted to conduct the research. She asked to conduct research in one class only. Then she also asked the ET to conduct a class observation, the ET agreed. Later, she thanked the ET and asked permission to go home. No. : FN.2 Date : Friday, March 14 th , 2014 Time : 09.00 a.m. – 10.00 a.m. Activity : Observation Place : VIIIH Respondents : R : Researcher ET : English Teacher Ss : Students The R arrived at school at 08.30 a.m. and went to the teacher’s office to see the ET. Then the ET asked the R to wait until the English lesson started. The class started at 09.00 a.m. The ET together with the R went to the class at that time. Then, the ET told the R to sit in the back of the room. The ET opened the class by greeting, asking the Ss’ condition and calling the roll. After that, she asked the Ss to open the LKS page 14. Then, the ET asked the Ss “Have you ever gone to this point of interest?” There were no answers from the Ss. After, one of the Ss gave the meaning of the sentence. Some students could answer the teacher question by mentioning the name of places. Some students can’t pronounce the word correctly, such as the word “Mountain”, the ET and the Ss still pronounced it wrong, and also when the ET asked the Ss “Why have you gone there?”, one of the Ss answered with incorrect grammar, like “Because the place is interest.”. Then, the ET gave the correct answer. In the task the 1, 2, and 3 there were listening and writing exercises, the teacher did not use interesting media such as a tape recorder, she only read a text and the students wrote down the text by listen to the teacher. In the task 1 the students were asked to fill in the blanks. After they finished doing the task, some of the Ss to wrote their answers on the whiteboard. During this activity, most of them were noisy and they chatted with their friends. “Your gundul” said a student who sat in the back while was trying to see the whiteboard. Here, he tried to speak English but because of his lack of vocabulary, he mixed the use of English and Bahasa. The ET then corrected the wrong answers. She also corrected the mistake on the grammar. After that, the ET and the Ss discussed the answer. In the task 2, they choose True or False statements, and in the task 3 they did fill in the blanks again. They cannot understand some vocabulary that was pronounced by the teacher. In the task 4, the students were asked to find the Indonesian version of some English words. The ET pointed some students to give answers. Some students are too shy to speak, so the ET asked the other students to answer. “ In the end of the lesson, the ET gave homework to the students. Meanwhile, The bell rang and she permitted the Ss to leave the class. No : FN.3 Date : Thursday, April 10 th , 2014 Time : 09.00 a.m. Activity : Asking research’s permission Place : School’s lobby Respondents : R : Researcher The R arrived to the school at 09.00 a.m. and asked security guard’s permission to see the HM. She was asked to go to the principal office. In the corridor the R met the administrator staff. The R gave her greeting and told her that she wanted to meet the HM. Then, she said that the HM was taken care in hospital, so she asked the R to give her number, so she could call the R whether the HM was in school again. No : FN.4 Date : Thursday, April 17 th , 2014 Time : 08.00 a.m. Activity : Asking research’s permission