Planning Acting and Observing

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a. Planning

After the first cycle conducting, the researcher revised plan for taking action and gathering information and data Kemmis McTaggart, 1988 in the second cycle. In the second cycle, the researcher revised the lesson plan and teaching activities based on the reflection of cycle one. The researcher developed plan for taking action and gathering information and data in order to observe the practice Ary et al., 2010. Besides preparing the lesson plan and materials for cycle one, the researcher also prepared observation checklist, field notes format, and questionnaire. Observation checklist would be used the observers who would observe the researcher in implementing the action Schunk et al., 2008. Meanwhile, questionnaire would be distributed to the students in the second meeting of the cycle two. The students would give their responses towards the action.

b. Acting and Observing

The researcher conducted the action Kemmis McTaggart, 1988 using revised plan based on the reflection of cycle one. The action was implemented based on the new lesson plan. The researcher improved the teaching media and activities in reading. The action in the second cycle was implemented to solve the learning activity which was unsuccessful in the first cycle. The researcher conducted action based on the learning process which had been revised. The researcher employed two observers to observer the students and teacher during the lesson. As the researcher stated in the first cycle, the aim of 36 observation was to observe the students’ motivation during the implementation Schunk et al., 2008. When the researcher implemented the method in teaching reading to the students, two observers observed the process on what happened during the teaching and filling in the observation sheets for observing the students’ activities Kemmis McTaggart, 1988. The researcher also made field notes in observing the students. Field notes were used as the description of the implementation of the research Ary et al., 2010. The observer observed the teaching learning process that had been improved from the first cycle. It became the process to gather information during the learning process.

c. Reflecting