Table 3. Time of the Research
3. Subject and Object of the Research
The researcher in collaboration with the English teacher, a college-mate, the students, and the principal of SMP N 2 Sanden had
conducted the action research. The subjects of this research were the students of class VIII C. Meanwhile, the object of this research was
students’ ability in writing narrative texts. No.
Step Month
March 2014 April 2014
May 2014 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5
1 Observation
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2 Planning
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3 Action
implementation, evaluation,
reflection
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4 Planning for cycle 2
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5 Action
implementation, evaluation,
reflection
√ √ √ √
6 Analyzing data and
writing the report
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C. Data Collection
1. Data of the Research
There were two kinds of data in this research called quantitative and qualitative. The quantitative data included the st
udents’ ability in writing. The data were taken from
the result of students’ works in writing score. The qualitative data were about feelings, opinions, expectation,
suggestions, and preferences from the research members and the students related to the method used in teaching and learning about writing. The
sources of those data were in the form of recordings, field notes, interview transcripts, questionnaire, photographs and videos from the documentation
that was done by the researcher.
2. Data Collection Technique
The data collection technique in this research was done through the following ways:
1 Observation in the classroom during the teaching learning process.
This observation was used to know the data about the students’
participation, attention, and activities in the classroom. The observation was done by the researcher and her collaborator.
2 Interview with the students, the observer, the teacher, or the principal
as the collaborator of the research. The interview was related to the action implementation of the research in the classroom with their
opinion and suggestion. In this case, the researcher used an interview
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