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then the students products were assessed based on the scoring rubric. The result was evaluated to get better improvement for the following cycle.
FINDINGS AND DISCUSSION
In the first cycle it was shown that all students were good at content. They also confessed that they enjoyed communicating with the native speakers. However their
structure and diction are still poor. The sentences are not well-structurally constructed. The dictions are not suitable with the meaning they want to express, as presented on some
expressions below:
S: Hi
F: Hi there
S: Hello Miguel. Where do you from?
F: Mexico, and U?
S: I’m Indonesia F: Well. Good
S: Well I happy to chatting
with you because I can know many abou
t you and your life
F: Me too, It’s interesting to have a friend from the beautiful country Indonesia. I also want to get more information about your country for my school task
S: Ok. I like if you enjoy the chatting too
. What more you want to
know about my country?
F: The weather. My geography teacher your country is always hot the whole year, it is also colorful and rich of many different types of plants and animals. I watch them on TV.
I wonder how it is really like ?
S: Your teacher not wrong
. He tell the truth.
That my country , the flora and fauna are colorful and beautiful too. We have
many colorful orchid and many beautiful bird too
F: Great I want you to tell me more about the flora and fauna of your country
S: With happy heart
, but my English not good
. I am sorry if my sentence make confuse
your feeling . And I lkie if
you can check my mistakes in my English
F:No problem, Your English is good. I understand you well. I think I don’t need to correct your mistakes. I enjoy having chatting with you, Come on tell me more about your
country, especially the flora and fauna.
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S: Well thank you for your kind. Here
I want to tell you about the orchid. We have many colour of orchid in Kalimantan and Papua Island. Here the orchid grow fertile
. There white, purple, brown, yellow, green, and black color too.
But I’m sorry I don’t know the names, but
I promise send you the
photo of that flowers . What do you think
F: Wow I really love it. It’s okay you don’t need to provide the name. I think I ‘ll check them on ENCYCLOPEDY
S: BTW, what your hobby listening music?
F; Yes, Justin Beiber
S: Are you like it F: Yes. A lot
