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CHAPTER IV RESEARCH FINDINGS AND DISCUSSION
This chapter reveals the findings and discussion which refer to the effort to improve students’ speaking skills by using audio-visual aids to support the
communicative teaching. These are presented in three headings: research procedure and findings, the implementation of the actions, and discussions.
A. Research Findings
1. Reconnaissance
In this research, some procedures were conducted to solve the problem. They were planning, action, observation, and reflection. In the planning phase, some
steps were conducted to determine the problems. First, the English teacher was interviewed to find the problem in the teaching and learning process. It was done
to get the most suitable class to conduct the research. Second, the observation was done in class 8 C SMP N 2 Sanden. Third, the English teacher and the students
were interviewed to confirm the data gained from the observation. After that, the researcher planned the actions that might be implemented to overcome the
problems. In the action phase, audio-visual aids, in this case, videos were used as the media in the teaching and learning process of speaking. During the
implementation, the researcher, the English teacher, and the collaborator observed the condition of the teaching and learning process. It was done to know the
students’ responses and the impact of the actions. The actions were conducted in two cycles with three meetings in each cycle. In the last phase, reflections were
September 12
th
2014 R
: Researcher ET
: English Teacher Ss
: Students As the bell rang at 9.30 a.m., the ET and the R came into the class
together. When the ET entered the class, the Ss were busy packing their sport uniform since they had a sport class before. The Ss were busy talking with
their friends when they saw the ET came with the R. Before the ET started the lesson, he asked the R to sit at the back corner of the class. The R took
some notes while observing the teaching and learning process.
The ET started the lesson by greeting and asking the students’ attendance. The ET asked the Ss to open their last materials and continue
them together. The Ss opened some copies of the materials. The Ss had not get the book yet, so the ET copied the materials taken from the PDF book for
the Ss. The ET only used that text book to teach the Ss. The ET then walked around the class to check if all the Ss were ready to start the lesson.
The ET reminded the Ss about last meeting lesson by asking the Ss to watch the example from their copied materials. The ET asked the Ss if they had
known the meaning of the last meeting materials. The Ss seemed hesitant to answer the ET’s question. The ET discussed the last meeting materials by
answering the questions from book. The ET asked the Ss “Have you done the task?” The Ss were all silent and they were busy doing the task right after the
ET asked them. Realizing that none of the Ss did the task, the ET then asked the Ss to discuss the task with their friends. The ET walked around the class
to help the Ss if they found some difficulties. The Ss did the task in silence. They were afraid to ask the teacher.
done on each meeting and each cycle. They were done to evaluate the actions and to solve the other problems appearing during the actions.
a. Identification of the Field Problems
The findings of the problems were based on the observation and the result of the interviews. The observation was done on Friday, September 12
th
2014 at 09.30 a.m. in class 8 C. The situation in the teaching and learning process of speaking
could be seen from the vignette. It is presented as follows:
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