CHAPTER IV RESEARCH FINDINGS AND DISCUSSION
This chapter discusses the findings of the research. The research findings are described in the Classroom Action Research procedure through the cycles of
the research.
A. The Research Findings and Discussion
This part discusses the fact-findings of the Classroom Action Research which was conducted to the second grade students of SMA Negeri 1 Maos. There
were three cycles in this research. Each cycle describes the steps of research procedure which were begun by identifying the problem, making a lesson plan
and selecting the technique, applying the technique, monitoring and noticing the fact-findings.
1. The First Cycle
The first cycle of the research describes the beginning process of the Classroom Action Research, including the finding about the problems which
occur in the classroom, the finding about the students’ speaking fluency level and the first reflection on the overall process in the cycle.
a. Problem Identification
Before implementing the first teaching technique, the researcher did an observation by gaining data from the classroom teacher. The researcher obtained
the data about the characteristics of the second grade students at SMA Negeri 1
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Maos and their problems or difficulties which occurred in class. In this first cycle, the researcher also observed the students’ performance and found the problems
which occurred. It was done in the first hour of the lesson. In the first hour of the lesson, the researcher taught “Introduction” to the
second grade students class XI-IA.2 of SMA Negeri 1 Maos. The students were taught about how to greet, how to introduce themselves, how to ask someone to
introduce herhimself, how to introduce others and how to close the conversation or partings. The researcher also taught the students how to pronounce the words
expressions correctly. After explaining the material, the researcher asked the students to introduce themselves one by one in front of the class. By doing this
activity, the researcher could assess the students’ performance and their speaking fluency level at the initial stage, as well as could find the problems which became
a barrier. Based on the observation, from the classroom teacher and from the
researcher, the researcher could identify the problems which occurred in speaking activity. The first problem was the students spoke unclearly and in a very low
voice. It showed lack of confidence andor the students were afraid of both speaking in front of people and of making mistakes. The second problem was
their pronunciation was incomprehensible. The third problem was the students spoke choppily. The fourth problem was the students spoke in a very limited
vocabulary. By conducting this first activity, the researcher could assess the students’
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Speaking proficiency as guidelines. From their overall performance, it can be concluded that most of the students were in the novice mid level. There were only
8 students who were in the novice low level and they became the focus of the research. Most of the students could introduce themselves in a proper manner,
even there was a student who was able to introduce himself using different expressions and gave additional information about himself. For this activity, the
teacher did not find any difficulty in asking the students to perform in front of the class.
b. Making a Lesson Plan and Selecting the First Technique Role-play
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