planning, action, observation, and reflection, Adapted from Kemmis McTaggart, 1988, pp. 11-14 in Burns 2010: 8.
Figure 2: Cyclical AR model based on Kemmis and McTaggart 1988 in Burns 2010: 9
B. Setting of the Research
This research was conducted for English article writer’s training in
PLUSWRITER Company. This dealt with the writers as the participants because the researcher found some problems in the articles that they wrote. Based on
some considerations such as the number of materials to be discussed and the
available time, the study was held nine times which included pre-test, three meetings for Cycle I, progress test, three meetings for Cycle II, and post-test.
They were during 17
th
November 2014 to 1
st
December 2014. Each meeting was in 2 X 30 minutes.
C. Subjects of the Research
This study involved the researcher as the trainer, an editor as the collaborator, and 21 writers of PLUSWRITER Company as the participants. The
participants were selected based on some reasons. First, it was possible for them to come to office and to join the study. There were some freelance writers who
did not live in Yogyakarta and could not join the study. Second, editors suggested them to have this study to improve their writing skills. Some of the participants
had a lot of difficulties in writing good articles although some other wrote well. All of them were expected to have better writing skills after joining this study.
D. Procedure of the Research
There are five structural steps of action research suggested by Kemmis and McTaggart in Burns 1999: 32. They are reconnaissance, planning, action,
observation, and reflection. Those steps were implemented for the procedure of this research. The explanations are as follow:
1. Reconnaissance
The reconnaissance step was performed by doing an observation, interviews with participants and editors, and pre-test. Conducting these actions
