Planning Implementation Observation Steps of Doing Action Research

37 class. From that case, the writer tries to find out a method to solve that the problem, so the students will be independent in writing. The writer would choose which problems would be solved first so that all of the problems could be solved step by step.

3.6.3 Diagnosis

The diagnosis appeared when the writer taught about writing to the seventh grade of Junior High School students. Here the topic is about writing a procedure text. The writer analyzed and then used the audio-visual aid of processes to help the students in writing a procedure text. The audio-visual aid of processes is one of the solutions because it can make the students clear about that subject. A video as part of the audio-visual aid of processes must be familiar to the students because it is like when the students are watching television.

3.6.4 Planning

The planning here is the steps in doing the research. Planning is done to give the solution for identified problem. In this research, the writer used the audio-visual aid of processes video in teaching writing procedure text. The writer planned cycles including the material, method and media and also some rhetorical steps which would be used in teaching writing procedure text.

3.6.5 Implementation

The writer did pre-test, cycles and post-test. Pre-test was the first activity of the action research. The test was given to identify the students‟ achievement in 38 writing procedure text. In this test the students were asked to make a procedure text. The writer came to the chosen class and explained to the students what they were going to do. The writer distributed the instrument and also explained a little about procedure text and asked them to do the pre-test. The cycle tests were given during the treatment as an exercise and practice for students. It was used to measure the improvement of the treatment. And then post-test was given after all the activities. The test given to the students was the same as the pre-test and the result was used to analyze that using audio-visual aid of processes in teaching writing procedure text was useful.

3.6.6 Observation

The writer observed what happened in the class and wrote how the teaching and learning process was done when the students were taught how to make a procedure text using video. The writer made observation sheet including the aspects of observation to the students and teacher. Then the writer also made a field note including the process of teaching learning, the students‟ attention, the implementation of audio-visual aid of processes, the interaction between the students and teacher and the improvement of students‟ writing skill after using audio-visual aid of processes.

3.6.7 Reflection