improvement in learning process after using cue card as the media. The researcher used writing rubrics from Jacobs 1981 to make the scores of the students’ writing
tests. 4. Questionnaires
The questionnaires were distributed in the reflection step of each cycle. The researcher distributed questionnaires to the students to gain the data about their
opinions toward their interests, feelings, responses about the teaching and learning process and the implementation of the cue card, and their abilities in writing English
as well. 5. Documentation
The photographs and videos were used to support the data. Those can show the situation during the research. When the researcher observed the writing teaching
and learning process, her collaborator, Amaliya, tapped the video and took some photographs. Moreover, she also recorded the interviews in her mobile phone.
F. Instruments of Data Collection
The data of the research were in the forms of field notes, interview transcripts, observation checklist, questionnaires’ analysis, writing scores, and photos. The
instruments of the research are presented below. 1. Interview Guidelines
The interviews were conducted before, during, and after the actions to dig the information from the teacher and students. The purpose of interview guidelines was
to guide the researcher when conducted interviews before, during, and after the learning process using cue card media. Interview guidelines contained some issues
such as the questions around teaching writing before action, the implementation of cue card, the problems found during the implementation, and the students’
perspective towards cue card. The data was in the forms of interview transcripts. 2. Observation Checklist
To find more data of the students’ problems, the researcher conducted the observations. In conducting the observations, the researcher used observation
checklist as a guidance to observe the teaching and learning process. The observations checklist also used to observe the researcher during the actions. The
observers were English teacher and Amaliya as the collaborators. 3. Students’ Worksheets
This instrument was used during tests to measure students’ writing ability. The pre-test was conducted before the researcher did the actions to measure the
students’ writing ability. During the actions, the researcher had students to have writing practices using cue cards. The researcher recorded the scores of writing
practices to be the data. After that, the researcher conducted a post-test to measure the improvement.
4. Questionnaire Sheets The researcher made questionnaire sheets and distributed it to the students.
They had to fulfill the form honestly. After they completed the form, it became the supportive data.
