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CHAPTER IV RESEARCH FINDINGS
This chapter presents the process, the result, and the interpretation of the findings of the research conducted in cycle I and cycle II. Each cycle consists of
planning, actions, observations, and reflection.
A. Reconnaissance
To identify the problems of the process of teaching and learning writing in VIIIC class, the researcher conducted classroom observation and interviewed
the English teacher and also the students. In general, it was found that their writing skill still low. Most of the problems were; organizing the idea,
constructing sentences, vocabulary, and using correct punctuation and spelling. Those problems were identified from the interview with the students and
the English teacher. The first transcript below shows that the students found difficulties in vocabulary. They were confused in choosing appropriate words and
translate the words into English. R: well, how about writing English. Do you think it is difficult?
S: yes. R: why?
S: when I asked to write, I feel difficult to translate the words from Indonesia
into English. R: o, I see.
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They were also still confused about how to arrange the sentences. It was supported by the following interview transcript.
R: good morning. Sorry…what is your name? S: good morning, my name is Brinta.
R: well, Brinta do you like English lesson? S: no, I don’t like.
R: why? S: I cannot make a good sentence. I always confused to arrange the
sentences. R: well, okay.
The following transcript involved the teacher and the researcher. From the interview transcript, it could concluded that the students still had difficulties in
using correct words, tenses, punctuation and spelling, they were also lack of interest in writing.
R: Mrs. Parmi, I want to know the students’ respond in English lesson. T: well, the students willing to study English was still low. They regard if
English lesson is difficult, so they were so lazy to study English. R: oh, okay. So their skill in English was still low. What are the specific
things that make them difficult to study English especially in writing? T: the students difficult in generating their ideas, they hard to express their
ideas into writing form. I think the students also still confused in choosing the words which appropriate in the theme. For example, sometimes they
were confused in differentiate the words “kind” and “friendly”. They were confused to choose between the two words, which one is more
appropriate with the context.
R: oh. I see. So it means that they still have low vocabulary. T: yes, they also still confused in using the tenses. I think it also make them
lazy to learn English. Besides that the students still confused in giving punctuation mark, they don’t know where have to put the punctuation in
the sentences.
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