Observing Phase Reflecting Phase

I. The Criteria of the Action Success

Classroom Action Research CAR is able to be called successful if it can exceed the criterion which has been determined, and fail if it cannot exceed the criterion which has been determined. In this study, the research will succeed when there is 75 numbers of students could achieve some improvement scores from the pre-test until the second post-test in cycle two andor they could pass the target score of minimal mastery level criterion KKM. The KKM that must fulfill considering reading subject is 55 fifty-five which is adapted from the school agreement SMP Ash- Sholihin, Kebon Jeruk. If the criterion of the action success reached, it means that the next action of the Classroom Action Research would be stopped, but if the criterion has not been achieved yet, the alternative action would be done in the next cycle. 35 CHAPTER IV RESULT AND DISCUSSION

A. Before Implementing the CAR

1. The Result of Pre Observation

Before implementing the classroom action research, the writer observed the classroom while teaching learning process. It was held on Thursday, Mei 10 th 2012 at VIII class of SMP Ash-Sholihin, Kebon Jeruk academic year 20112012. That class consisted of 32 students. The English lesson began at 13.00 P.M - 14.10 P.M. Apparently, while the writer was observing the teaching learning process, the teacher was explaining about the reading text and the schematic structure of the text. After that, the teacher read aloud in front of the class. Only several students obeyed the instruction and followed him. Then, the teacher gave an instruction to translate the text into Bahasa Indonesia. When doing the task, it could be seen some students lack understanding about the text, they came forward to the teacher’s table and asked difficult section. Other students did many things, for instance, the diligent students looked up the dictionary and did the task. Nevertheless, other students ignored the instructions, chatting and kidding with their friends. In general, during the teaching learning process in the classroom, the teacher requested them to read the text that they had to translate it into Bahasa and answered some questions based on the text. Most of the students did not bring their own dictionary, so the teacher is being forced to tell them every vocabulary that they don’t know the meaning. It makes the students become lazy and become loss their focus and considered that reading is not interesting activity.