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the English book or notebook in the English class. It indicates that their parents do not care with their children when they study at home.
In doing this research, the researcher actively participate in the teaching learning process. She acts both as a teacher and the observer. She
will also do collaboration with other observers. They are: the sixth grade teacher and the other English teacher.
C. Research Design
1. The Nature of Action Research
In this research, the researcher uses a Classroom Action Research CAR. CAR in a simple way can be understood as an action research which
is conducted in a classroom. It can be defined as a study of attempts to overcome classroom problems or to improve things related to educational
problems for betterment done by practitioners or teachers, or in collaboration between teachers and researchers by means of their own
practical actions and their own reflection upon the effects of those actions Ebbut, 1985 in Hopkins, 1993: p. 45 ; Kemmis in Hopkins, 1993: p. 44.
Mills 2000: p. 6 says that action research is any systematic inquiry conducted by teacher researchers, principals, school counselors, or other
stakeholders in teaching or learning environment, to gather information about the ways that their particular school operate, how they teach, and how
well their students learn.
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Another expert describes action research as a form of self-reflective inquiry carried out by practitioners, aimed at solving problems, improving
practice, or enhancing understanding Carr and Kemmis in Nunan 1989: p. 12. It means that action research has to do with improvement.
Meanwhile, Ebbut 1985 as quoted by Hopkins 1993: p. 45 states that action research is the systematic study of attempt to improve
educational practice by group or participants and by means of own reflection upon the effects of those action.
There are three characteristics of action research: firstly, the action research is carried out by practitioners rather than outside researchers.
Secondly, the kind of the action research is collaborative, and thirdly, the action research is aimed at changing condition Nunan, 1992: p. 17 quoted
from Kemmis and McTaggart, 1998. It can be concluded that action research is a systematic action done
by teachers, researchers,, principals, school counselors, or other stakeholders in order to get improvement. It focuses on the solution of day-
to-day problems by knowing the ways the participant of a particular school operates how both the teacher teaches and the students learn.
This classroom action research is done in collaboration. It is done by the researcher and an English teacher of SD Negeri Banaran 01 Grogol as
the collaborator. This research is intended to improve the vocabulary mastery of the sixth grade students in SD Negeri Banaran 01 Grogol by
using experiential learning.
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2. The Model of Action Research
