Displaying interesting media such as videos and pictures

Before the video recording project was implemented, the students were presented with many poems that familiarize them to appreciate poems. The researcher explained every single part of a poem and then she gave the example of how to recite a poem by reading “How do I love Thee” by Elizabeth Barret Browning. The researcher did the poem recitation with the appropriate expression and pronounced every single word correctly. It would give the students a good role model to do their own performance. During the making of the video project, the researcher used “Online Poem Recitation Competition” activity. The students acted like they were the talented contestants who participated in an online poem recitation. They showed their poem recitation capability by making videos of their performances. Then, the edited video was uploaded to the committee’s email which was the researcher’s email. The rules of the video recording project were explained clearly by the researcher. She made sure that all the students understood what to do. The researcher repeated the rules until the students truly understood each step in the video project making. After explaining the rules, she asked the students to prepare the performance in 10 minutes. The students practiced poem recitation with their partner, while the researcher was moving around to check whether they had difficulties. The activity can be seen from the Field Note below. I greeted the students and asked their condition. Then I asked them whether they were ready for the performance. “Are you ready for your poem performance today? I am sure you have already prepared your own poem to be performed, isn’t it? The students answered the researcher’s questions vigorously. Before they performed their poem recitation, I explained the rules and instructions to do the activity in order to make the students understand the steps of conducting video making project. Field Note, meeting 2, cycle I Students were given 65 minutes to do the video recording. Each pair group came up to the stage in turn. Everyone seemed to enjoy the video recording. After all the students did the performances, the researcher closed the lesson by giving feedback, comments, and appreciations of what they had done on that day activities. All the students were already done to take the video recording. There were 10 minutes left before the bell rang. The researcher ended the lesson by wrapping up that day activity. She also appreciated what they had done in this activity and gave motivation to keep them engaged in learning English. Field Note, meeting 2, cycle I The students, in general, could improve their active involvement during the lesson. This fun learning activity stimulated them to speak freely without feeling anxious in making mistakes. Besides, it built the students’ bravery in speaking so that they were not shy to speak English. The description can be concluded from the answers and opinions of the students about the activities on the interview transcripts below.