Stage 4: The Classroom observation and evaluation
1. Monitoring the implementation of the action by doing observation. It was done by
the English teacher in the first meeting and was helped by the research er’s
colleague. The researcher observed the teaching leaning process in the second meeting helped by researcher’s colleagues.
2. Administering the vocabulary achievement test.
Stage 5: Data Analysis
1. Analyzing the result of observation and the result of students’ vocabulary
achievement statistically in the percentage.
Stage 6: Reflecting of the Action
1. Reflecting the result of data analysis and drawing conclusion to answer the
research problems. If the result of cycle 1 did not achieve the research objectives, cycle 2 was conducted by revising some aspects. Then, if the result of cycle 1 had
achieved the research objectives, cycle 2 was also done to see the consistency of the result.
3.2 Area Determination Method
Area determination method is a method to determine the area or the place where the research is conducted. The area of this research is determined by using
purposive method. According to Arikunto 2006:127, purposive method is a method used to determine the area of the research, which is based on a certain purpose or
reason. This research was conducted at SMPN 9 Jember. The school was chosen because of some reasons. They were: 1 based on the result of the interview with the
English teacher, VII-E students of the school still had difficulty in learning vocabulary, 2 the English teacher agreed to conduct a classroom action research
collaboratively to improve the students’ active participation and their vocabulary
achievement by using flashcards because the English teacher had never used flashcards to teach vocabulary of nouns, verbs, adjectives, and adverbs, and 3 the
Headmaster gave permission to conduct this classroom action research at the school.
3.3 Subject Determination Method
According to McMillan 1992:68, a subject is an individual who participates in a research study. The subject of this research was determined by using purposive
method. It means that the subjects of this research were determined based on certain purposes or reasons Arikunto, 2006:127. The subjects of this research were the
students of VII-E at SMPN 9 Jember in the 20152016 Academic Year. The class consisted of 36 students. The class was chosen because as informed by the English
teacher, the students had low achievement of vocabulary achievement test than the other classes. In this class, only 25 of the students achieved the English minimum
requirement standard score of 74 and 75 of the students failed. It means that only 9 students of 36 got good scores or more. In addition, the students had low motivation
in learning English especially vocabulary that was shown by passive their participation during the teaching learning process of English. Most of the students
were not active in the teaching learning process of vocabulary.
3.4 Data Collection Methods
