The Criteria of the Action Success

Action Research the writer asked the English teacher some questions which were divided into three categories. Those were related to the general condition in English class primarily on students’ grammatical achievement and performance, the strategy or technique implemented by the teacher previously before Classroom Action Research and the teacher’s opinion toward the writer’s technique which would be implemented in Classroom Action Research; it was substitution drills technique. First category was about the general condition in English class primarily on students’ achievement and performance in class. The teacher said that most of students at the first class of X accountancy still gained low achievement in English grammar especially in Degrees of Comparison, because their understanding in forming Comparative and Superlative degree was still low, and they didn’t know either how to make a sentence in Degrees of Comparison. Besides, their performance or participation in English lesson were also minimum, it might be caused by the teacher explanation that made them bored; they were only asked to listen to his explanation without having chance to give their own opinion or even to ask the question. Finally, most of them were hardly able to pass the minimal mastery level criterion, or in bahasa it was called KKM which had been agreed by the teacher. The second category was about the strategy or technique implemented by the teacher previously before Classroom Action Research. The teacher explained that he used to explain English grammar deductively. It meant that he gave the formula of the material that was being taught; here the formula of Degrees of Comparison, and then he made some sentences based on the formula given before. Afterward, he asked the students to do the exercise stated in their book. The writer thought that this technique was less effective because it made the students bored and most of them didn’t listen to the teacher’s explanation. As the result, most of them didn’t understand the material well and they got the low score in the exams. The third category is about the teacher’s opinion toward the writer’s technique which would be implemented in Classroom Action Research; it was Substitution Drills technique. The teacher agreed to this technique, he said that it would be the first time of this technique implemented in his class. And he also said that he was interested in this technique and hoped it could improve the students’ understanding in English grammar, especially in Degrees of Comparison and finally they would get the higher score than before. 2. The Result of Pre Observation Pre observation was done in order to observe the process of teaching learning of English grammar, especially in Degrees of Comparison before the implementation of Classroom Action Research. It was conducted at the first class of X Acountancy of Vocational School of Bangun Nusantara 2, Cipondoh Tangerang academic year 20102011. There consisted of 33 students in the class. The pre-observation was conducted on, Saturday 19 th of March 2011. Apparently, when the writer was observing the teaching learning process in the classroom, the teacher explained the material about Degrees of Comparison firstly by giving the students its formula, and after explaining the formula he asked the students to remember it. Then he gave the example based on the formula which had been given before. Afterward, he asked the students to do the exercises stated in their book. The writer could conclude that the teacher used the conventional technique or method in explaining the lesson; he expalained Degrees of Comparison deductively. Besides, the class condition was also disorder; some students were looked sleepy or chit chat in pairs by their own business. This condition might be caused by the teacher’s explanation that made them bored. They just sat and listened to the teacher until the last instruction was given by him. Furthermore, they had not opportunity to explore their ability. As the result, it was not a surprise if they had less understanding of the material and got the low score in the exams. 3. The Result of Pre Questionnaire Pre Questionnaire was conducted on Saturday, 19 th of March 2011. It was aimed to know the students’ feeling and achievement before the implementation of Substitution Drills in learning Degrees of Comparison. There were ten questions stated in this questionnaire, and its result would be presented into a table as follow: Table 4.1 The Result of Pre Questionnaire No Students’ Answer The Result of Students’ Answer Yes Percentage No Percentage 1. Feeling satisfied with the English achievement all this time. 6 18.18 27 81.82 2. Feeling enjoy in learning English grammar, especially in Degrees of Comparison by using the teacher’s technique all this time. 14 42.42 19 57.58 3. Feeling enthusiastic in teaching learning activity. 17 51.52 16 48.48 4. Understanding Degrees of Comparison by using the teacher’s technique all this time. 14 42.42 19 57.58 5. Finding difficulties to distinguish and to form the kinds of degrees of comparison. 22 66.67 11 33.33 6. Finding difficulties to make the sentences in Degrees of Comparison. 27 81.82 6 18.18 7. The teacher’s technique can improve the students’ understanding in Degrees of Comparison. 3 9.10 30 90.90 8 Performing the English task individually. 14 42.42 19 57.58 9. Asking the question during the teaching learning process. 33 100