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1 The Class Situation
The situation of the class was quite conducive. I asked the students not to be afraid of me. Soon they could enjoy the time, although an atmosphere of tension still filled the
class.
2 The Participation of the students
The students’ enthusiasm had increased since the first meeting. Although there were some students who still looked tired, but there was no more student bothering others.
Every time I asked a question to the students, they responded quickly. Some students did not seriously follow me when practicing look and say technique. They need to
adapt to the new method I offered.
3 The Implementation of Look and Say Technique
The implementation of look and say technique in cycle 1 could be said quite working regarding to the students’ result on the formative test. The situation of the class
became more conducive than the first meeting Pre-test. The students started up actively to interact with the teacher I. The first text I used did not contain very
difficult words so it was relatively easy to be understood.
4 The Condition of Reading Ability of the Students
Looking at the students’ result on the formative test, it could be concluded that the reading ability of the students had increased, although it was not very significant.
4.2.3 The Analysis of Cycle 2
After the activities of cycle 1 had been completed, the next activity was starting cycle 2. Cycle 2 began on Friday, 3 June 2011. It was also followed by 38 students. Again, Mrs. Santi supervised
me during the activities. I still utilized two languages: English and Indonesian.
42 At the beginning, I made a review about the last meeting. I asked them whether they
enjoyed it or not. They spontaneously answered ‘yes’ in unison. I informed the students that I would give them another text entitled ‘Occupations’.
I read the text of ‘Occupations’ sentence by sentence, and the students repeated it. Then in the next session the students were doing the same activities like in cycle 1. I gave some clues
to the students, and we were playing the game. The game was named Pictures-Board game. I read the role of the game and they did it based on the role.
I drilled some words and asked the students to repeat after me. I asked the students to read the text of ‘Occupations’ in Indonesian, sentence by sentence. Then I conducted a formative
test in the form of 10 multiple-choice items. The result of the test can be seen as follows.
Table 5. The result of the Formative test of Cycle 2 No
.
Test Code The Right Score
1. P-1
10 100
2. P-2
10 100
3. P-3
6 60
4. P-4
9 90
5. P-5
5 50
6. P-6
5 50
7. P-7
9 90
8. P-8
6 60
9. P-9
9 90
10. P-10
10 100
11. P-11
9 90
43 12.
P-12 10
100 13.
P-13 9
90 14.
P-14 10
100 15.
P-15 10
100 16.
P-16 10
100 17.
P-17 10
10 18.
P-18 10
10 19.
P-19 8
80 20.
P-20 10
100 21.
P-21 8
80 22.
P-22 10
100 23.
P-23 10
100 24.
P-24 8
80 25.
P-25 5
50 26.
P-26 10
100 27.
P-27 10
100 28.
P-28 9
90 29.
P-29 9
90 30.
P-30 10
100 31.
P-31 5
50 32.
P-32 10
100 33.
P-33 10
100 34.
P-34 9
90
44 35.
P-35 8
80 36.
P-36 5
50 37.
P-37 10
100 38.
P-38 10
100 ∑ = 38
∑ = 331 ∑ = 3130
The average of the students’ result = The total number of the percentage The number of the students
= 3130 38
= 82.36 The average achievement of the students in the formative test of cycle 2 was 82.36.
According to the criterion of assessment provided by National Education Department, 82.36 was said to be successful. Besides, when I compared the result of this test with the previous test,
it was clear that the result was higher than before. Therefore, it could be concluded that cycle 2 was successful.
The score analysis of the students’ achievement in the formative test of cycle 2 also can be seen in the diagram as follows.
Figure 4.2 The result of the Formative Test of Cycle 2
45 The diagram above showed the result of the formative test of cycle 2 was amazing. It
showed that there was a significant improvement in this test. Most of the students could answer correctly in every item of the test. The average score of the students was increased from the
result of cycle one. After being treated for two cycles, most of them were better in reading. Like in cycle 1, Mrs. Santi, the English teacher, accompanied me during the activities of
cycle 2. I asked her to fill out the field notes sheet again. From the notes she wrote, I could describe the result of observation as follows.
1 The Class Situation
The situation in the class was even more conducive than in cycle 1. The students were not afraid of me anymore and they could enjoy the processes. There was a cheerful
atmosphere when the students played the pictures-board game.
2 The Participation of the Students
Most of the students paid attention fully to what I said. It showed how enthusiastic they were in following the lesson. There was no more sleepy student. Everyone spoke up
loudly and looked very happy.
3 The Implementation of Look and Say Technique
The second text, ‘Occupation’, has a higher level of difficulty than the first text, ‘The Zoo’. But because of the interesting teaching aids and their enthusiasm, the students
could understand the text well. The look and say technique helped the students to reduce stress they feel in studying English. The implementation of this technique in cycle 2
could be said successful with reference to the students’ result on formative test.
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4 The Condition of Reading Ability of the Students
The students could sustain their concentration in reading to the written text. Concerning the students’ result on the formative test, it could be seen that the reading ability of the
students had risen up. Most of the students carried out the command correctly after reading it only once.
4.2.4 Result of the Post-test
