5 to find the information from sources. At January 16
th
2014, teacher was not completely done encouraged students’ discussion, because the
portions of time teacher speak much more than students speak. Teacher read text herself, and gave more explanation.
In second and third meeting, January 20
th
27
th
2014, students were active in discussion. Besides that, students were interested with
materials; they discussed materials reflected in reality. Students discussed the topic of corruption and the utilization of internet. From
the discussion, students got new experience from friends that could be applied in their daily activities.
Problem-solving was technique used by teacher to find the solution that students have. When students discussed in small groups at first
and second meeting on January 16
th
20
th
2014, they also tried to find the solution from the case of corruption. Students created solution that
appropriate with real-life. They were active in that activity, because the materials were interesting. Problem-solving could improve
students’ ability to solve their difficulties in materials. It helped students’ curiosity and desire to find the result of the case.
b. Procedure in Teaching English
In analyzing the data, researcher presents everything happened during the observation. The observation took four weeks, Thursday,
January 16
th
2014; Monday, January 20
th
2014; Monday, January 27
th
2014; and February, 3
th
2014. Observation is the way to get information about implementation of inquiry-based learning in
teaching English. The materials had been observed was Hortatory Exposition text that focuses on reading skill. Each meeting consists of
pre-teaching, while-teaching and post-teaching. There were three steps in while teaching; exploration, elaboration and confirmation. The
result of observation was follows:
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1 Discussion Technique
a Pre-teaching
Generally, from fourth times observations have similar activity in pre-teaching. The teacher came to the class on time.
When she entered the class by greeting “Assalamualaikum”, and the students answered “Waalaikumsalam”. Then she asked
the students “How are you?” all students said “I am fine”. Teacher also wanted to know the condition of the class and
students. She made sure that they were ready to follow the lesson. At this stage the teacher prepared students to be ready
to learn. Teacher asked the students the material last week, and then students gave their knowledge what they had
remembered. b
While-teaching 1
Exploration At this stage, there were some differences each
meeting. Teacher had done by discussion activity in learning process. Exploration was steps for students to find
the understanding of materials from their knowledge. Observer found that first and second meeting teacher
involved students to explore their knowledge in understanding the materials. Teacher encouraged students
to explore their memory with analytical exposition then liked to hortatory. The teacher used some media and
sources. She showed picture and other text not included in students’ book. And then, the teacher facilitated them to
discuss each other. But in third observation, teacher did not give chance for students to be active. She used lecturing
during this step. In exploration step, observer concluded that the
activity was done by exploring students’ knowledge to get
