EYL Reports - CHAPTER 4

CHAPTER IV

FINDINGS, INTERPRETATIONS, AND IMPLEMENTATION

           In this chapter, we present (1) findings, (2) interpretation, (3) implementation and reflection of the treatments.

4.1      Findings

4.1.1   Qualitative Data

           According to Fascen (2006) cited in Murniyanti state that qualitative data is a process to find the data finding delivered from the evaluation and the reflection of non-numerical data. These data can be in the form of audio, photograph, recording, interview, and observation.

4.1.1.1 The Observation

           The observation was done at Elementary School No.2 Padang Selasa Bukit Besar Palembang, the classroom action research was done at V.B class. In the first cycle, we found that most of the pupils had motivation to do the assignments as well as possible even though they had difficulty in applying the steps. Some of the pupils opened their note books and only few of them were not active during the class activities.

           In the second cycle, we found out that some pupils had made little progress in their writing especially spell the letters. To manage the pupils who were not active in the back row we asked them to move to the front row.

           In the third cycle, we found that during the treatments all of the pupils were more active. In this cycle, the students did their assignments by themselves even though few of them still made mistakes in answering the test given.

           From the observation the teacher made note, teacher’s notes can be used to write all the pupils activities when they studied English and find out the difficulties of the pupils in spelling achievement. The writer got the result of the students after giving the treatment in every meeting. In the first cycle, the writer observed that the students were very busy with their books and talked to their friends. After the treatment the students were evaluated by giving them the test and the result was not good. The writer found that they got difficulty in spelling the words. In the second cycle, the writer interviewed the pupils to find out the problem. The pupils said that they could not write the words correctly because there were many differences in pronunciation and spelling. After knowing the problem the writer gave explanation how to write the words by writing on the whiteboard. The pupils got improvement in spelling. In the third cycle, the pupils had more motivation in learning English. They could arrange the letters randomly. The writer found that the way pupils’ spell the letters were better than before.

           After following the treatments in each cycle, most of the pupils gave positive attitude toward good habit in learning English. They said that English was important to learn. They got new knowledge for example how to pronounce, how to write, and how to spell the words correctly.

4.1.1.2 The Progress Test

           The progress test was given after each cycle. From the progress test, we found that the pupils could spell and write the words correctly because the pupils had already got some treatments that were put forward by the writer. In progress test, we dictated the words twice. And we asked the students to write what their heard.

4.1.2   Quantitative Data

           In quantitative data, we did progress test that consisted of written and dictation. In written test, we provided some questions about the material that have already given to them and in dictation test, we focused on the synonyms and antonyms (more information see page the test material). In quantitative data, we scored all of the students’ progress in written and dictation test from the first until third cycle. The following table is the students’ score.

TABLE 2

The score of the test consisted of two tests, written test and dictation test. The results of the tests were the combination of both of the tests score.

Progress Test 1

Category of	Frequency	Percentage
Excellent	4	13,79%
Good	3	10,34%
Fair	5	17,24%
Poor	8	27,58%
Fail	9	31,03%
Total	29	100%

Progress Test 2

Category of	Frequency	Percentage
Excellent	4	13,79%
Good	4	13,79%
Fair	4	13,79%
Poor	13	44,82%
Fail	4	13,79%
Total	29	100%

Progress Test 3

Category of	Frequency	Percentage
Excellent	4	13,80%
Good	3	10,34%
Fair	6	20,70%
Poor	3	10,34%
Fail	13	44,34%
Total	29	100%

TABLE 3

Conversion Table

Score	Letter	Quality
86- 100	A	Excellent
71- 85	B	Good
56- 70	C	Fair
41- 55	D	Poor
0-      40	E	Fail

Source : SD Negeri 2 Padang Selasa Bukit Besar Palembang in the academic year 2009/2010

4.2      Interpretations

           Based on the findings above, we made some interpretations. In written test, most of the students made a little mistake for example in writing a word, they missed one letter of the word. So we interpret that it was probably caused by their carelessness when writing the words or it was probably because they were confused about some letters that some pronounced the same. Then the mistakes of more than one letter might be because they have never been exposed to the words so they did not know the correct spelling of that word and they just guessed them. The last one, misspelling probably occurred because the students were confused about the letter that should be doubled that made them got the wrong letters or they did not know the words had double letters.

           In every cycle the writer gave progress test, in every cycle progress test consisted of two test written and oral test. In written test the writer found out that the students still confused how two write the correct words but after the writer gave them much more practice they showed their eagerness and their interested in learning English. They felt much more enjoy. It was looked from their interaction among them and their eagerness in answering what the writer said after giving them.

           The writer also gave oral test to know the student’s master in spelling the words, the writer asked one by one of the students to spell the words that were given by her and then the writer corrected the words and wrote the words on the blackboard from the activity, the writer felt that the activity could support the written test that have been done by them at first and then the writer combined two tests into one score. So, the students not only master how to write correct words but also how to spell the words spontaneously. 

4.3      Implementation

Topic                            : The Facilities in the Classroom

Time                             : 1x 45 Minutes

Day/ Date                     : Thursday, November 12, 2009

Meeting                        : First Meeting

Learning Objective       :

      Students will be able to know about the facilities in the classroom

      Students will be able to understand the meaning of some facilities in the classroom

      Students will be able to pronounce and spell the words correctly and fluently

      Students will be able to memorize the words

Teaching Procedures    :

·         Introduce 10 kinds of the facilities in a classroom by using colorful pictures;

·         Spell and pronounce each of the facility;

·         At the end of this session, teacher should recall what that the students have already learned.

Classroom Activities   :

·         Ask some students to guess the meaning of the facilities in a classroom by seeing the colorful pictures;

·         Memorize each of word and picture;

·         Students will do a game that they have to complete a word by looking at the pictures.

Topic                            : Synonyms and Antonyms (Based On A Folktale: “Beauty And    The Beast”)

Time                             : 1x 45 Minutes

Day/ Date                     : Tuesday, November 17, 2009

Meeting                        : Second Meeting

Learning Objectives     :

      Students will be able to understand about the story

      Students will be able to understand about synonyms and antonyms

      Students will be able to pronounce and spell the words correctly and fluently

      Students will be able to memorize 5 synonyms and 5 antonyms

Teaching Procedures    :

·         Read the story aloud in front of the class;

·         At the beginning, a teacher may use English then translate the story into Indonesian language;

·         Teach them about 5 synonyms and 5 antonyms based on the story;

·         A teacher have to spell and pronounce the synonyms and antonyms correctly and fluently;

·         At the end of this session, the students should write the synonyms and antonyms that they have already studied;

Classroom Activities   :

·         Ask the students, which words that they do not know;

·         Ask some students to retell the story;

·         Students try to guess the meaning of these synonyms and antonyms through a clue then they have to memorize it.

·         Students do the dictation test about the synonyms and antonyms.

Topic                            : Pet and Wild Animals

Time                             : 1x 45 Minutes

Day/ Date                     : Thursday, November 19, 2009

Meeting                        : Third Meeting

Learning Objectives        :

      Students will be able to know about pet and wild animals

      Students will be able to understand about the characteristics of pet and wild animals

      Students will be able to pronounce and spell the words correctly and fluently

      Students will be able to make a simple sentence based on the topic

Teaching Procedures       :

·         Teach them about pet animals by showing the  pictures and then tell to them about the characteristics of pet animals

·         Teach them about wild animals by showing the  pictures and then tell to them about the characteristics of wild animals

·         A teacher may practice the sounds of that animals

·         Teach them how to make a simple sentence based on the topic

Classroom Activities   :

·         Students try to guess the meaning of pet and wild animals by looking at the pictures

·         Students will join a game that they have to arrange a picture correctly

Topic                            : Sing A Song (Part I) and First Evaluation

Time                             : 1x 45 Minutes

Day/ Date                     : Tuesday, November 24, 2009

Meeting                        : Fourth Meeting

Learning Objectives       :

      Students will be able to sing a song

      Students will be able to understand the meaning of the words through song

      Students will be able to pronounce and spell the words correctly and fluently

      Students will be able to memorize the words and song

Teaching Procedures      :

·         Introduce a song to the students in front of the classroom

·         A teacher sings the song in front of the class

Classroom Activities      :

·         Invite the students to sing a song

·         Sing a song together in the class (teacher and students)

·         The students do the first evaluation after singing a song

Topic                            : Parts of Body

Time                             : 1x 45 Minutes

Day/ Date                     : Thursday, November 26, 2009

Meeting                        : Fifth Meeting

Learning Objectives       :

      Students will be able to know about the part of bodies

      Students will be able to understand the meaning of some part of bodies through picture

      Students will be able to pronounce and spell the words correctly and fluently

      Students will be able to memorize the words through picture

Teaching Procedures      :

·         Introduce 10 part of bodies to the students through picture

·         Spell and pronounce each part of body

·         Teacher points and show his or her part of the bodies in front of the class

Classroom Activities      :

·         Ask some students to guess the meaning by looking at teacher’s bodies

·         Students will do a game that they have to match a word with the correct picture

·         At the end of this session, teacher should recall what the students have learned

Topic              : Sing a Song (Part II)

Time               : 1x 45 Minutes

Day/ Date       : Tuesday, December 1, 2009

Meeting          : Sixth Meeting

Learning Objectives       :

      Students will be able to sing a song

      Students will be able to understand the meaning of the words through song

      Students will be able to pronounce and spell the words correctly and fluently

      Students will be able to memorize the words and song

Teaching Procedures      :

·         Introduce a song to the students in front of the classroom

·         A teacher sings the song in front of the class

Classroom Activities   :

·         Invite the students to sing a song

·         Sing a song together in the class (teacher and students)

·         The students may sing a song with the group by watching the video

Topic              : Names of Days and Months

Time               : 1x 45 Minutes

Day/ Date       : Tuesday, December 3, 2009

Meeting          : Seventh Meeting

Learning Objectives          :

      Students will be able to know about names of days and months

      Students will be able to pronounce and spell the words correctly and fluently

Teaching Procedures   :

·         Introduce the names of the days and months

·         Spell and pronounce each of the word

·         A teacher teaches the students about names of the days then names of months

Classroom Activities   :

·         Ask some students about their date of birth

·         Instruct the students to memorize the names of days and months

Topic              : Review All Materials and Final Evaluation

Time               : 1x 45 Minutes

Day/ Date       : Tuesday, December 1, 2009

Meeting          : Eight Meeting

Learning Objectives          :

      Students will be able to memorize all materials

      Students will be able to memorize the materials

Teaching Procedures   :

·         Recall what the students have learned

·         Review the materials from the first until the seventh meeting

Classroom Activities   :

The students do the final examinatoion