Ketuntasan Minimal stated by the school for English subject. So, if at least
test, it means that the KWHL technique can improve students reading comprehension achievement.
E. Instruments of the Research
To collect the data, the researcher used two kinds of instrument: 1 Reading comprehension written tests, and 2 Observation sheets.
Each kind of instrument will be explained as follows:
1. Reading Comprehension Test
The tests were written test in the form of open-ended question item test and true false item test. The tests were administered at the end of every cycle in the
learning process.
2. Observation Sheets
There are two observation sheets in this research, observation sheet for the Here is the example
of the
No Note
A B
C D
1. Pre-activities
a. Interested in following the
class b. Respond to the topic
enthusiastically 2.
While Activities
c. Pay attention to the d.
questions e.
instruction 3.
Post Activity
f. Able to respond to the
To avoid the assumption that the problem in the classroom comes only from the students, the researcher also observes teacher performance during the teaching
learning process. The observation wa class, which is to create effective and communicative learning. Here is the
example of tea
No. Aspects Observed
Score by giving a tick 1
2 3
4 1
Pre-activities
Doing an apperception. Informing the competence that
will be achieved to the students.
2 While-activities
A. The Mastery of Learning Material Correlating the material with
other relevant knowledge. Correlating material with the real
life. Achieving communicative
competence. Using logical structure
Using language components.
B. The Learning Strategy Doing a teaching learning
process which is suitable with the competence.
Doing a coordinated teaching learning process.
Doing a teaching learning process
imagination. Doing a teaching learning
process which is suitable with the time allocation.
Emphasizing on using English in the teaching learning process.
Emphasizing on teaching the language skills integratively.
C. The Use of Learning Media Showing the skill in using the
learning media. Producing an interesting message
from the media.
Involving the students in making and using the media.
D. Building the active participation
of the students in the teaching learning process.
Giving positive responds to the
3
Facilitating the interaction between teacher-student and
student-student. Showing a conducive
interpersonal relationship.
in learning. E. Evaluation
Monitoring the improvement after the teacher
explains the lesson. Doing a final evaluation which is
relevant to the competence.
Post-activities
Doing s reflection making summary of the lesson by
participation. Doing a follow-up by giving
direction or tasks as a remedy
Total Score Description of Score
Description of scores: 1. 40
59 : Poor
2. 60 69
: Enough 3. 70
79 : Good
4. 80 100
: Very Good Source: Dep. Pendidikan Nasional, 2006
In this action research, the target of teaching performance was that the teacher can reached 70 by applying linking expression practice through picture
composition technique. If the teacher can reached this target, it means that the
F. Data Analysis
