Through the pictures, the students could know some vocabularies which can help them in using language function. In other words, the media used were interesting
and useful. The fact is proved by some following data from the interview transcript and the field notes.
R :
Nah kalo medianya gimana bu? Next, how about the media, ma’am?
T :
Medianya bagus, menarik, kan gambarnya gede-gede. The media were good, interesting, because the pictures were big.
R: Researcher T: Teacher Interview 12, Appendix E
R : Galih seneng gak sama dadunya, sama kartu-kartunya?
Galih, do you like the dice and the cards? S2
2 : Iya, Miss, bagus.
Yes, Miss. Those were good.
R: Researcher S: Student Interview 16, Appendix E
R : Medianya gimana fajri?
How about the media, Fajri? C
: Bagus kok, anak kan jadi lebih ngerti lihat gambar-gambar gitu Is. Trus tadi di crossword game vocabnya lebih jelas, mereka juga tahu down,
across. Those were good, the students were more understand through the
pictures, Is. Then, the vocabularies in Crossword game were clearer, they
know ‘down’ and ‘cross’.
R: Researcher C: Collaborator Interview 23, Appendix E
In the planning, the noisy behavior as one of problems would be dealt by applying routines and patterns. During Cycle 1, the students were interested to
patterns as the classroom management. The routine was used namely Rolling- rolling up movement and Yes, I can pattern. In some condition when they were
noisy, the using of pattern can deal with this. The fact is proven by some following data.
T : Iya mbak, tadi ada yang menarik. Kalo misalnya rame disuruh gini-gini menggulung-gulung tangan.
Yes, there was interesting. If they were noisy, they were asked to do like this rolling her hand
R : Oh yang rolling-rolling up itu ya?routines and patterns berarti cukup efektif ya bu?
You mean rolling-rolling movement, right? Were the routines and patterns effective?
T : Anak-anak suka belum pernah saya gituin, itu inovasi baru. The children liked that, they had not got before, this was new innovation.
…………………………… R : Berarti itu dipertahankan yang itu ya bu routtine pattern.
In other words, this will be maintained, right? T : Iya, yang English yes I can biar gak bosen, soalnya kalo sama saya rame
banget. Yes, this one,
‘English yes I can’ will be maintained, so they were not bored, because they were so noisy with me.
R: Research T: Teacher Interview 12, Appendix E
While she told the students to work in pairs, some students moved to other chair. It made the class a little bit noisy. The researcher made them to be quiet by
leading a jargon. But, a boy moved again and disrupted other friends. She made him to back to his chair, “good boy, sit down here, please” then she continued to
explain about the rule of a game called a card game.
Field notes 2, appendix D
Generally the action research plans implemented in the Cycle 1 ran well. The core of the action research in which to implement Fun learning activities to
improve English teaching and learning process was proven by the raise of participation students in every activities. The raise of motivation contributed a lot
to their activeness in learning process. The actions did this creating fun atmosphere in the classroom.
The fun learning activities were interesting for the students. They were excited to do the activities. However, there was weakness in the application. The
activities were ineffective at the first meeting. The fact was because of the bad time management. The time was not enough to conduct the fun learning namely
Things in the Middle game. Consequently, one of fun learning was conducted in
