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3. Preliminary Study Discussion
In this preliminary study, the researcher found a problem about the students’ participation. The percentage of the students who participated in the
teaching and learning process during the preliminary study was presented below:
Table 4.1 Students’ Participation of Second Observation
No. Criteria
Quantity Percentage Qualification
1. Reading the text loudly
12 40
Low 2.
Asking questions related to the text to
their friends 7
23.3 Very low
3. Sharing the content of
the text to their friends 10
33.3 Low
4. Answering questions
related to the text in the worksheet
14 46.7
Low
5. Asking questions
related to the material to the teacher
4 13.3
Very Low
Table 4.1 showed that the students’ participation was low in the classroom. More than a half of the total of the students did not participate and
follow the learning process in the classroom. Unequa l participation occurred in the class. The researcher concluded that there was no variation teaching method in
the class. Therefore, the students tended to be passive. In the preliminary study, the researcher made an interview with the
English teacher and three students of VII.10. The interview was used to help the researcher for identifying the class background. The result of the interview
showed that the problem of the s tudents’ participation occurred in the class. The
teacher said that the class of VII.10 was different with the other classes. It was
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all girls were passive. From the interview with three students, the researcher found a fact that
they felt bored in the class. Therefore, they tended to be silent. They stated that the teacher used the same method in every teaching. She explained the material
briefly and then she asked the students to answer the question from the textbook. The students added that the teacher liked to ask the same students to answer some
questions. Furthermore, two girls added that there was no activity variation in the teaching learning process.
The researcher also distributed a questionnaire to 30 students. It contained two open questions: 1 What factors make you participate or not participate in the
classroom during the teaching and learning English process? 2 What is your opinion about the class situation during the teaching and learning English
process?. The students stated that they did not participate because they felt sleepy, lazy, hungry, dizzy, bored and thought about their homework. They also explained
that the teacher’s way of teaching influenced their mood.
B. The Description of the Imple mentation of the Jigsaw Technique 1. Cycle 1
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