triangulation. By considering the results showed in this cycle which had shown good improvements in some aspects, it was decided to stop the cycle.
3. General Findings
Based on the reflection of Cycle 1, the improvements were shown on the students’ involvement, students’ motivation, and the media used. However, there
were still problems related to the time management and the students’ behavior. Therefore, the researcher and the English teacher decided to continue the cycle.
As the result in Cycle 2, it was found that the students improved in every indicator.
It indicates that the use of Fun learning activities and the accompanying actions were successful in improving teaching and learning process. As the result,
there were changes that occurred during the implementation of the actions. Here is the summary of changes that happened before and after the actions were
conducted.
Table 8: The Changes that Existed After the Implementation Before the Actions were
Implemented After the Actions were Implemented
Cycle 1 Cycle 2
Some students
often made noise during the
teaching and learning
process. The routines and patterns
were used to deal with disruptive students. They
were interested to the routines and patterns.
However, some students still made noise during the
activities. The disruptive students
could be dealt well. Some noisy students
could be controlled. They did not make noise
in Fun Learning activities. They focused
on the activities because the rules and reward
applied. Students
had low
motivation in English teaching
and learning process.
Most of them were willing to join in the activities and
to learn the skills required. They were
enthusiastic in every activities because of fun
activities and interesting media.
The students’ motivation in learning English was
kept during the activities in cycle two. They were
not bored in teaching and learning activities, even
the disruptive students became like to learn
English.
Activities lacked fun and variation.
The activities were fun and varied during the
implementation. The students got new
experience with some fun activities. However, the
time management was less so it led to the
ineffectiveness. Moreover, the procedure
of some activities was difficult for students.
The time management could be conducted well
in cycle two. All activities were conducted
on time based on planning. The procedure
could be done by the students. The fun
learning activities were still interesting since the
application were good in order.
Some students did not actively participate in
English teaching
and learning process.
The students gotinvolved in the speaking activities.
They paid attention and gave responses to the
explanation. Most of them joint actively in activities.
The students kept their involvement during the
activities. They still did the
activities although the time was end.
The media used in the teaching
and learning process were lack.
The media used were interesting to the students.
The media could catch their attention and help
them to acquire skills that were targeted. They could
memorize vocabulary well helped by flashcards, and
also colorful pictures and The students were still
interested to the media used. Even, they were
more curious with the media used at the
beginning of some activities. It led the
effectiveness in acquire skills since the puppets,
