Continued
No. Field Problems
Code
8. The teacher did not use sufficient media.
M 9.
The media used by the teacher could not motivate and give the students enjoyment in participating in the teaching and learning
process. M
10. The students had low motivation in learning.
S 11.
The students had limited vocabulary mastery. S
12. The students considered writing as a difficult skill to master.
S 13.
The students lacked ideas to write. S
14. The students found it difficult to organize sentences into good
paragraphs S
15. The students had difficulties in writing with the use of the correct
grammar. S
S: Students T: Teacher
Md: Media
2. Identification of the Field Problems to Solve
As mentioned in the beginning of Chapter 1, the research focused on improving the students’ writing skills by using cue cards. Therefore, the
researcher decided to overcome the field problems based on the urgency level and the feasibility. The field problems to solve are presented in the
table below:
Table 4.2: Table of Field Problems to Solve
No. Problems
Necessary Feasible
Urgent Not
Costly
1. When the teacher came to the class,
the students were still not ready to study.
√ X
X √
Continued
Continued
No. Problems
Necessary Feasible
Urgent Not
Costly
2. Some of the students made noise in
the class.
√ X
X √
3. The students were bored during the
teaching and learning process of writing.
√ X
√ √
4. The students gave little attention to
the teachers explanation.
X √
√ √
5. The students did not bring a
dictionary, so they could not look up the words they wanted to use.
√ X
X X
6. Some students were reluctant to open
the dictionary.
X X
X √
7. Some students showed low interest in
answering the teachers questions.
X √
√ √
8. The teacher did not use sufficient
media.
√ √
√ √
9. The media used by the teacher could
not motivate and give the students enjoyment in participating in the
teaching and learning process.
√ √
√ √
10. The students had low motivation in
learning.
√ √
√ √
11. The students had limited vocabulary
mastery.
X X
X √
12. The students considered writing as a
difficult skill to master.
X X
X √
13. The students lacked ideas to write.
√ √
√ √
14. The students found it difficult to
organize sentences into good paragraphs
√ √
X √
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After determining the field problems to solve, the discussion to analyse the field problems and main causes was carried out. This step was
important to recognize the obstacles and weaknesses related to the field problems found.
Table 4.3: Table of Field Problems and Possible Causes No.
Problems Main Causes
1.
The students gave little attention to the teachers explanation.
The teacher did not engage the students’ attention by using exciting media andor
activities during the teaching and learning process
2.
The media used by the teacher could not motivate and give the students
enjoyment in participating in the teaching and learning process.
3.
The teacher did not use sufficient media.
The school did not provide enough media for the teacher to teach English,
especially to teach writing.
4.
Some students showed low interest in answering the teachers questions.
The classroom activities were not varied and the students were easily bored with
the usual activities done in the class. The students also has a mindset that
English is a difficult subject that they did not even try.
5.
The students had low motivation in learning.
6. The students lacked ideas to write.
The students have difficulty in generating and developing their ideas by
only imagining the subject of their writings in their mind, without really
observing it directly.
7.
The students found it difficult to organize sentences into good
paragraphs No.
Problems
Necessary Feasible
Urgent Not
Costly
15. The students had difficulties in
writing with the use of the correct grammar.
√ X
X √
