field. The actions were done in two cycles in which each cycle took two-times classroom meetings.
3. Observation
In this stage, the implemented action was being observed. During the implementation of the actions, the researcher and the collaborator observed
and monitored the students’ behavior towards the teaching and learning activity. Not only that, the researcher and the collaborator took notes about
everything which happened in the classroom during the actions.
4. Reflection
At this stage, the researcher reflected, evaluated and described the effects of the action. The researcher and the collaborator discussed the action
implemented to draw a conclusion. If the actions were successful to improve the students’ vocabulary mastery, the researcher would continue to the next
cycle with a different topic. However, if it was proven to be unsuccessful, the actions would be modified to be more suitable.
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CHAPTER IV RESEARCH FINDINGS AND DISCUSSIONS
This chapter presents the process and findings of the research. There are four main sections in this chapter. The first section of this chapter describes the
reconnaissance process conducted by the researcher. Meanwhile, the second section reports the process of the action research cycles consisting of plans,
actions, observation, and reflections. The action research was done in two cycles. The third section shows the findings of the study in quantitative data obtained in
the research to support the qualitative data and the last section is about the discussions of the findings interpretation. The details of the process are presented
as follows:
A. Reconnaissance
The researcher did several things before conducting the research. The first thing was identifying the problems that occurred in the teaching and learning
process especially in the vocabulary mastery. It was done by conducting an observation and pre-test. After that, the problems were selected. Finally, the
researcher determined the actions to overcome those selected problems.
1. The result of the pre-test
The preliminary data was obtained from the result of the pre-test. The pre-test was in the form of multiple choices with 10 item questions. The
questions were to test students’ knowledge about the vocabulary. The pre-test
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