Observing the Action Reflecting the Action Revising the Plan

b. Observing the Action

The observation was done during the teaching and learning process. In this step, the English teacher of SMP N 1 Kaliwiro was the observer. He observed all activities happening in the classroom and took notes related to the process of teaching and learning. There were some aspects which were observed: class situation, students’ behavior, teacher technique in delivering the materials and students response when they were given the materials. The result of the observation was written in field notes as the data while the researcher writes her observation result in diaries. The English teacher as the observer gave some input and suggestion to the researcher. The observer also takes some photographs of the teaching and learning process.

c. Reflecting the Action

The researcher evaluated the teaching activity that had been carried out. The researcher reflected the field note and diaries in order to find out the strengths and weaknesses of the teaching activity that had been carried out . The weaknesses are refined in the next cycle, so that finally the effectiveness of using cartoon films to improve students’ pronunciation ability is determined.

d. Revising the Plan

Revising plan was needed when the action cycle did not make any improvement on the students’ pronunciation ability. Based on the weaknesses which are found in reflecting process, the researcher revises the plan for the next cycle. commit to users This research is conducted in two cycles. Pre-test is held at the beginning of cycle to measure students’ pronunciation ability before implementing the action. In the end of every cycle, there was post- test. Students’ improvement was seen in the results which were compared from the pre-test and post-test.

C. Method of Research

1. The Technique of Collecting Data

In this research, the writer uses techniques of collecting the qualitative and quantitative data. The techniques of collecting data used are observation, interview, record, field note, diaries and tests. In detail, the techniques of collecting data are as follows:

a. Qualitative Data

The qualitative data in this research was collected by using some techniques including: 1 Observation The observer observed and took notes of all that happened before and during the implementation of cartoon films in the classroom. There were some aspec ts which were observed, namely: class situation, students’ behavior, teacher technique in delivering the materials and students response when they were given the materials. The observation was aimed to know the situation of the teaching learning process when the media was used. commit to users

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