to prepare the performance in 10 minutes, while I prepared the video
making stuff such as camera and its tripod. I went around the classroom to check the students’ preparation and made sure if
they have difficulties. Most of them asked the word choice in their poem and how to pronounce some unfamiliar words.
I did not tell them directly, but I asked them to open the dictionary. It
would train them to be autonomous learners. Field Note, Meeting 2, Cycle I
h. Asking the students to bring the dictionary
The researcher asked the students to bring the dictionary to the English classroom from the first meeting of Cycle I. It would support
their pronunciation and vocabulary mastery. Due to their laziness to bring their own dictionaries because of the thickness of the
dictionary, they borrowed the dictionaries from the library. The following field notes and interview transcript show the
evidence that the dictionary is a very crucial thing to support the students
’ achievement in learning English.
I distributed pieces of papers containing a poem and some analytical questions to help them appreciate a poem. Two students in
each table got a bundle of worksheets. They started to read the poem; some students complained that there were a lot of difficult words to
understand. I asked them to open their dictionary and asked them to write down the new words in their book. This would help the
students increase their vocabularies. I also listed some unfamiliar
words on the whiteboard then pronounced them correctly. I asked the students to repeat after me.
Field Note, Meeting 1, Cycle I
I went around the classroom to check the students’ preparation and made sure if they have difficulties. Most of them asked the word
choice in their poem and how to pronounce some unfamiliar words. I did not tell them directly, but I asked them to open the
dictionary. It would train them to be autonomous learners.
Field Note, Meeting 2, Cycle I
R: Okay. Terus sebelum video tapping kan Miss ngasih
vocabulary practices sama pronunciationnya juga. Dua activititas tersebut berpengaruh gak sama kemampuan
berbahasa
Inggris kalian?
Okay then.
Before implementing the video recording project, I employed
vocabulary practices and pronunciation drills. Did both activities improve your English skills?
S1: Ya ngaruh to Miss. Aku kan jadi tahu arti-arti kata yang jarang dibaca. Terus tahu juga gimana cara yang bener
ngucapinnya. Biar kayak native gitu. Yes, of course. I knew the meaning of unfamiliar words and how to pronounce
those words like what native did.
S2: Tapi terkadang sok lama nyari di kamusnya Miss. Boleh minta kamus yang sering ditunjukan Miss pake leptop itu?
But, sometimes it took a long time to open the dictionary, Miss. May I have the digital dictionary like yours?
R: Oh kamus Cambridge ya. Boleh kok. Terus kalian punya
saran untuk Miss Rima? Pas ngajar khususnya? It is Cambridge digital dictionary. Yes, of course. Do you have
any suggestion for me in teaching English subject?
Interview Transcript, April 20
th
, 2016
3. Reflections
After implementing the planned actions in Cycle I, the researcher and the collaborator had a discussion to reflect implemented actions. The
reflection was needed to make some evaluation of the actions implemented. Besides, it was conducted to determine whether the actions
had to be continued, modified, or stopped.
