In the beginning of this phase, the teacher explained to the students the generic structure and the language feature of descriptive text, and the
teacher gave some example of the language feature of descriptive text based on the paragraph. Afterward the teacher asked the students to do
post test 1.
C. Observing
In the observing phase, during teaching learning process the writer observed toward performances of the students in groups works and the
teacher’s performance, class situation, and students’ response. Based on the teacher’s performance, she had accomplished the task in sequence with
the lesson plan had been made. Nevertheless, the teacher gave direction and instruction was too fast. It could be seen from many students’
questions about the direction. However, the class situation was still under control. It means that most of students did not still pay attention to the
teacher’s explanation clearly; some of them also did not do their task because they relied on the other friend who had better do the task than they
had. They also cheated each other when they were asked to answer some reading questions and the teacher just said, “No cheating” but their
students ignored that warning. On the hand, there were found some students who active in
answering the teacher’s questions in the second action of the first cycle, the students seemed more enthusiastic to do the exercise. After teaching
learning process finished, in this observing phase, it was also carried out posttest 1 exactly on the second action of the first cycle to measure how
well the students’ reading comprehension of descriptive text that had been studied.
Participation of students’ aspects was observed during teaching learning process that included:
1. Group work; active and on time in accomplishing the exercises
2. Learning activities: giving idea, asking, and answering the questions based on material. The observation toward teaching learning process in
the first cycle were:
TABLE 4.5 The Result on the First cycle on the First Meeting
No Group
The amount of the Students and the Aspects that be observed
Active Students
Asking Giving
Idea Answering
Question On
Time 1.
I 1
1 1
1 Yes
2. II
1 1
1 1
Yes 3.
III 1
- -
1 -
4. IV
1 1
1 1
- Total
4 3
3 4
Percentage 26.67
20 20
26.67 50
TABLE 4.6 The Result on the First cycle on the Second Meeting
No Group
The amount of the Students and the Aspects that be observed
Active Students
Asking Giving
Idea Answering
Question On
Time 1.
I 2
2 1
3 Yes
2. II
2 3
1 2
Yes 3.
III 1
1 1
2 -
4. IV
2 1
1 2
Yes Total
7 7
4 9
3 Precentage
46.67 46.67
26.67 60
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