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consisted of main idea question, detail question, inference question, and word meaning question. Most students could answer them well. Moreover, they could
answer inference question. “Who was Morrison? Morrison was person who cheated people of Wetumka.” The students who gave right answer could be
described in the table 4.6 below:
Table 4.6. The Result of Post Reading in Meeting 1 Cycle 2
Question Category R Meeting 1
Main Idea 17 students 42.5
Detail 40 students 100
Inference 28 students 70
Word Meaning 26 students 65
n 40 students
Notes: n= number of students R= number of students who gave right answers
2. Closing
It was 5 minutes to end the class. Before saying goodbye, the researcher asked the students’ difficulties and what they felt during this activity. Fortunately,
student AG wanted to deliver her opinion. She said “Mom, I don’t have difficulties to do it. Prosedurnya gampang diikuti dan kita senang dengan teknik
ini, Mom” The researcher replied “Ok. Thanks for your comment. We continued next week. Good bye.”
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b Meeting 2
1 Opening
The second meeting was held on Monday, December 27
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, 2010 at 11.30 a.m. The researcher and collaborator entered the class. Then, the researcher greeted the
students and checked the attendance list. Four students were absent.
2 Main Activities
a Pre reading activity
Before the researcher distributed the text, she gave some clues related to the topic given. “Which one do you like living in village or in town?” the researcher
asked the students. They answered simultaneously Village, Mom.” The researcher replied “Why? Do all of you live in village?” “Betul mom, enak tinggal di desa.
The air is so fresh; the situation is free from noise, pokoke enak mom.” “Ok, what about the others? Who lives in town?” Researcher continued. “Saya Mom.” I like
living in town because the facilities are complete.” Then, the researcher wrote the title on whiteboard and asked the students to predict the text. They answered that
it was about simple people.
b While reading activity
The researcher instructed students to make their own pairs freely. Then, she distributed the text entitled “Plain People”. Next, she asked the students to do peer
tutoring sessions as what they had done in previous meeting. They produced main idea question, detail question, inference question, and word meaning question and
provided their answers. There was one student who raised her hand to get assistance from the researcher. She was doubtful whether her inference question
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farmer gets sick, relatives families and neighbors will milk his cows, plant his fields, and harvest his crops - Do Amish people like to help each other?”
Researcher said “Yes, that’s right.” All of pair did their best work. They could be good tutors since they could give feedback if their tutee answered incorrectly. It
could be proved below: FY: “What does paragraph 2 concern about?
DK: “Amish Life” FY:” Kurang spesifik jawabanmu. Coba dibaca lagi, amish live very simple,
Their homes have no carpets on the floors, no pictures on the wall, no electricity. Jadi, main ideanya Amish’s way of life is very simple
Oke, sekarang detail question. Where did Amish people settled?” DK: “They settled in the state of Pennsylvania.”
Another illustration could be seen below:
AL: “Why are Amish field successful although they do not use modern machine?” DW: “Because Amish believe Jesus.”
AL: “Why are Amish field successful although they do not use modern machine?” DW: “Because they work together.”
AL: “Hampir betul. Dikit lagi.diliat lagi clue nya DW: “Because they are hard worker and diligent.”
AL: “Ya. Well done”Next, what is the meaning of persecuted in line 15?” DW: “Cruel”
AL: “Yes, you are right.” c
Post reading activity
After some pairs presented their result of peer tutoring, the researcher gave quizzes to them. They answered the questions in pair. Next, the researcher chose
the students in random to answer the questions while the others listened to and gave comments of their friends’ answers. The researcher noticed that more
students participated to answer the questions. Moreover, all questions could be
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seen in table 4.7 below:
Table 4.7. The Result of Post Reading in Meeting 2 Cycle 2
Question Category R Meeting 2
Main Idea 21 students 52.5
Detail 38 students 95
Inference 29 students 72.5
Word Meaning 30 students 75
n 40 students
Notes: n= number of students R= number of students who gave right answers
3 Closing
To close the meeting, the researcher pointed one student to state her feeling after doing this activity. She said “It was fun, mom. Teknik baru ini ga buat
boring.” Researcher said “Thanks for your comments. Oke class I think the time is over. See you next week.” The researcher and collaborator left the class at
12.57 p.m.
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c Meeting III
1 Opening
The third meeting was conducted on Monday, January 3
rd
, 2011. The researcher greeted the students and she also did not forget to say happy new year
for all students. Then, the researcher checked the attendance list. 39 students attended the class and 1 students was absent because of sickness.
2 Main activities
a Pre reading activity
To warm the students up, the researcher wrote the title on whiteboard and the students were asked to predict the text. The researcher also gave some clues to
make them easy to guess what the text talked about. “Do you like being a housewife?” The researcher said to one of the students. “Yes, Mom. Tapi juga
pengen kerja biar bisa dapat uang sendiri.” Researcher continued “So, you want to be both carrier woman and housewife. That’s good. Now, I want to ask the
male students. What do you think if the husbands stay at home and the wives go to work?” Student RK replied “I disagree, Mom. Karena suami yang harus cari
uang.” Reseacher said “It is lucky for the woman who will be your wife because you will be a good husband.” All of the students laughed.
b While reading activity
After putting students together in pair, the researcher distributed the text entitled The Life of Housewives and Househusbands in the United States” The
students began to do peer tutoring sessions. They had understood well about the procedure of peer tutoring. Therefore, there were no students who were confused
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researcher walked around to monitor the students, she noticed that student HC could not only produced inference question but also provide its answer. His
question is “Why do most children enjoy the day-care center? because there are a lot of toys and games.” Furthermore, most of students could find the right main
idea, make inferences, and predict word meanings. It could be seen when they do peer tutoring in pair. The tutors gave the main idea question, inference question,
and word meaning question while the tutees answered them correctly. They played the role of tutors and tutees very well. They responded each other and
provided feedback. It could be illustrated as follows: CB: “What is the main idea of paragraph 2?
KM: “Many women work outside the home” CB: “Yes, you are right. What is the meaning of earn in line 16?”
KM: “search” CB: “What is the meaning of earn? liat konteksnya.”
KM: “Aku coba lagi ya. jawabnya get. Betul ga?” CB: “Good answer. Now, inference question. Why do the women work outside the
home?” KM: “Because they want to get money.”
CB: “That’s right.”
c Post reading activity
In post reading activity, the researcher gave the quizzes based on the text given. After finishing the quizzes, the researcher invited some of them to read
their answers so that the other students could check whether the answer was right or not. In this post reading of meeting IV, the students showed that they gave the
right answers. The researcher was happy to see the progress. In conclusion, based
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comprehension had improved see the table 4.8. below
Table 4.8. The Result of Post Reading in Meeting 3 Cycle 2
Question Category R Meeting 3
Main Idea 28 students 70
Detail 40 students 100
Inference 28 students 70
Word Meaning 31 students 77.5
n 40 students
Notes: n= number of students R= number of students who gave right answers
Students’ correctness in post reading of each meeting increased. Before peer tutoring were implemented in reading class, the students needed extra time to
complete the quizzes and the correctness of their answers were low. After implementing it, the number of students who gave right answers improved. In
meeting 1, the students who had right answer in main idea question was 42.5, 52.5 in meeting 2, and 70 in meeting 3. Besides, the students who gave right
answers in detail question in meeting 1, 2, 3 in sequence were 100, 95, and 100. In addition, in meeting 1, the students who had right answer in inference
question was 70, 72.5 in meeting 2, and 70 in meeting 3. Also, 65 students could answer word meaning questions in meeting 1, 75 in meeting 2,
and 77.5 in meeting 3.
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3 Closing
The time showed 12.45 p.m. It means that the time for reading class was over. To end the class, the researcher invited the students to give suggestion about peer
tutoring technique. Student ES said “No suggestion. Peer tutoring is effective, Mom. Bisa memotivasi kita buat belajar reading.” Researcher replied “Thanks for
your comment. Any else?” No answered. They kept silent. Then, the researcher continued “if there is no comment, I will end the class and don’t forget to attend
the post test next Monday, January 10
th
. See you next week.” The researcher and collaborator left the class at 12.56 p.m.
d Meeting IV
In this meeting, the students got post test 2. It was held on January, 10
th
2011. The test was the same thing applied in pre test. It ran smoothly. All students
attended the test. This test was done to know the students’ mean score after treatment of cycle 2.
3. Observing
