c. Post viewing activities
The teacher and the students discussed the answers of the questions and replaying the video to check the answers of the students.
2.10 The Action Hyphothesis
Besed on the research problems and the review of related literature, the action hyphoteses of the research were formulated as follows.
1. The use of cartoon video could improve class VIII C students’ active
participation in the teaching learning process of listening at SMP N 7 Jember.in the 20152016 academic year.
2. The use of cartoon video could improve class VIII C students’ listening
comprehension achievement at SMP N 7 Jember in the 20152016 academic year.
CHAPTER III RESEARCH METHODS
This chapter presents the methods used in this research, namely: research design, area determination method, operational definition, subject determination
method, data collection method,data analysis method, and research procedure. They are presented in this following section.
3.1 Research Design
Classroom action research CAR was used in this research because this research was
itended to improve the students’ listening comprehension achievement by using cartoon video in class VIII C at SMP N 7 Jember.
According to Arikunto 2006: 91, classroom action research is a research which is done in the classroom by doing intentional activities. Further, Arikunto
2006:91 says that in conducting a classroom action research, the researcher needs to do it collaboratevely with another researcher or team. Dealing with the
statement above, this classroom action research was conducted collaboratively with the English teacher of class VIII C at SMPN 7 Jember that had problem in
listening comprehension and their score was 57,3 as the lowest mean score. The problem in this research were the students` passive participation and low
achievement in listening. The information was based on the results of interview and documentation.
The collaboration was focused on planning the action, implementing the action, observing the class, and doing reflection. According to Snell 1999,
classroom action research usually includes having an observer collecting data and together with the teacher developing a plan to bring about the desired
change,acting on the plan and then observing the effects of the plan in the classroom. This classroom action research was conducted in cycle and design of
this research was illustrated in the diagram below.
