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CHAPTER IV RESEARCH FINDINGS AND DISCUSSION

This chapter reveals the findings and discussion referring to the efforts to improve students’ ability in writing narrative texts using short English animated stories. It will be presented in three headings: reconnaissance, the implementation of the actions and discussion.

A. Reconnaissance

1. Identification of the Field Problems

In the reconnaissance stage, several steps were done to identify the problems of the research in the field. The first step was to conduct a preliminary observation of the English teaching and learning process, especially in writing skills of class VIII C SMP N 2 Sanden Bantul Yogyakarta. The other step was to hold interviews with the English teacher and students of class VIII C as the research participants. It was important to pay attention to the facts on the teaching learning process of writing in class VIII C based on the observation done on Friday, February 28th 2014 as a part of identifying the problems of the field. The field notes below became the initial data which were needed to be taken into account before implementing some actions in class VIII C SMP Negeri 2 Sanden Bantul Yogyakarta to improve students’ ability in writing narrative texts. No : FN. 01 Day, Date : Friday, 28th March 2014 Time : 09.30 WIB Place : Class VIII C Activity : Preliminary Observation Respondent : Researcher R Students Ss English Teacher ET Collaborator C ET started the class by greeting Ss and checking the students’ presence. R and C sat at the back of the class. After opening the class, ET introduced R n C and said that R and C would observe how the class ran at that time. Some Ss then looked at R and C. After that, ET asked Ss to take out their LKS and pointed one page. The material at that time was Recount Texts. ET asked Ss to do task. It was to arrange jumbled paragraphs into a good recount text. Most Ss felt difficult in translating the paragraphs to be arranged. ET asked Ss to borrow dictionaries from other schoolmates or from the library. Therefore, many Ss go out and into the class to borrow dictionaries. ET copied the task from LKS and wrote down at the board. Ss started to do it. While they were doing their task, suddenly, one of the school staff came into the the class to announce something. Ofcourse, ss stopped their task and the gave more attention to the announcement. They even asked ET about the content of the announcement. It took about 15 minutes. After Ss understood the announcement, they continued their work. There were some Ss who often looked at R and C. ET went around the class to monitor the s tudents’s work. After Ss finished their work, ET asked Ss to do the task in front of the class. They were asked to arrange the jumbled paragraphs on the board. In turns, they did the task. After that, ET and Ss discussed the right answer. After observing the situation in the classroom, the next to do was to get the data by interviewing and discussing with the English teacher to get information concerning with the teaching and learning process, especially in the students’ writing ability to support the identification of the problems. The researcher also interviewed some students of Class VIII C to know their interest and weaknesses in learning English, especially in writing. It was done to get some suggestions from the English teacher related to the teaching of the writing skill. According to the English teacher, the students of SMP Negeri 2 Sanden, especially Class VIII, had difficulty in English learning, especially in writing, because they had low motivation and they were afraid to make mistakes. They also had very little vocabulary mastery so they could not write their ideas well. ET : “ Ya begitulah di sini mbak. Harus sabar dan telaten. Kadang kayak cari perhatian kalo ada orang lain. Apalagi kalo ada cewek cantik. hehehe” It’s common here, Miss. We must be patient. Sometimes, they look like to need attention, moreover if they see pretty girls. Hehehe R : “Hehehe.. Tapi kalo pelajaran selalu rame begitu Pak?.” hehehe.. but are they always noisy like that when they are learning? Then, ET gave another task. The Ss were asked to write a recount text about their own experience in the week before. Most Ss were confused how to start writing. When the bell rang, ET asked Ss to continue their task at home, and they had to submit it in the next meeting. Then ET ended the class by saying leve taking. On the way to the office, ET said that it needed patience to teach at the class.