Selection of the Problems Based on the Interview The Finding of Causes of the Problems

end of the activities. To do the action, the researcher planed doing it for about two times. It was held on May 23 rd and May 25 th , 2013. In a week, the researcher acted the teaching twice. It was based on the time of teaching English at SMPN 3 Wates. The topics discussed were expressions of asking for something and responding to the expressions of asking for something in the first meeting and of asking for agreement in the second meeting. The topics had been concerned with KTSP curriculum. The activities relating to those topics were explaining the rules to the students, mentioning and pronouncing new vocabularies in questions and answers activities, identifying pictures, practicing dialogues, making dialogue and practicing it in pairsgroups, arranging the jumble sentences, and role-playing. In the action, the researcher shared the teaching procedures applied by him to English teacher in teaching English by using communicative tasks for eighth grade students of SMPN 3 Wates. Besides, the researcher shared the media and learning materials used to teach English to the students. Before acting, the researcher drew the plans, actions, and results. The following table described the plans, the actions and the result. Table 4. Plans, Actions, and Results of Cycle 1 2 Actions and Observation a Meeting 1 The 1 st meeting was conducted on Thursday, May 23 th 2013. The teacher would like to be acquainted with the teaching procedures applied by the researcher in teaching English by using communicative tasks to eighth grade students of SMPN 3 Wates. Besides, the researcher wanted to be on familiar terms with the Plans The teacher introduced the topic about expressions of asking for something and responding to the expressions of asking for something in the first meeting and of asking for Actions Explaining the rules to the students, Mentioning activity in the picture Identifying name of the pictures new vocabularies Introducing the topic Practicing dialogues Mentioning expressions used in the dialogues and using their new ideas or knowledge about the topic. Making dialogue or arranging jumble sentences and practicing it Arranging the jumble sentences Role-playing Results The students knew the expressions of asking for something and responding to the expressions of asking for something The students were able to interact with other students by using those expressions