CHAPTER IV
DATA PRESENTATION AND RESEARCH FINDINGS

This chapter presents about the data presentation and research findings. The research findings cover the data of employing flash card to improve vocabulary ability. The data are presented based on the two cycles were conducted and each of which consist of planning, acting, observing, and reflecting. 

A.	Research Finding
Preliminary Study 
The Preliminary study was done before conducting the research started. Observation which conducted in preliminary study had found that the students had some difficulties in vocabulary. As the result of this observation, the only a few students had good ability in vocabulary. The percentage of students passed in the preliminary study was 40 % and 60% students were failed in this test. The researcher observed VII A class which consist of forty students. The preliminary study focused on students’ vocabulary. The researcher asks to the students to produce text to find out students’ vocabulary. From preliminary study it was found out that students’ vocabulary were poor. About 60% of them did not actively in vocabulary since they have difficulties to explore the idea in vocabulary form. It was necessary for the researcher to help them. 
	From the data above it could be seen that just 12 students (40%) passed the preliminary test, while 18 students (60%) students were unsuccessful. There were just one student who got excellent grade, while six students who got good grade and five students who got only the passing grade that was a 65, while other 18 students were still less than the passing grade. Concerning to the data obtained, the researcher arranged the research to improve the students’ ability in vocabulary.

B.	Cycle I
1.	Planning 
The first step in conducting the action research was designing the lesson plan. The researcher designed it to implement the flash card to improve vocabulary ability. Before conducting the research, the researcher made some preparations for the action. The researcher proposed the appropriate solution for the problem faced in the preliminary study. Besides, the researcher made some preparations for the action as follows: 1) the strategy, 2) the teaching and learning instruments, and 3) the criteria of success in this research from the English teacher so the researcher knows when to stop the research.
The researcher intended that this research could develop the students’ vocabulary. When the students’ scores in post test did not pass the passing grade that was a 65 minimum, this research would be continue on cycle II.

2.	Action 
This stage was the implementation what the researcher had planned before. The researcher acted as an English teacher while the English teacher acted as the observer.
•	 First Meeting (April 01th , 2010)
At the first meeting, the researcher started the class by greeting and informing to the students that she would apply flash card to improve their vocabulary. The researcher continued the meeting by giving explanation of the definition of flash card, mentioned the kinds of picture. The researcher acted as the practitioner who implemented the propose strategy by referring to the activity done in class and who implemented the flash card as the scenario of the teaching plan. The students struggled very hard to understand the lesson.  After that, the researcher asked to the students to report the words after her in unison, as the teacher listen. Second, she asked the student show their. Third, she asked the students to make simple sentences according to words found in the flash card. They also asked to write the function of them. Fourth, the students were asked related to the topic orally
•	Second Meeting (April 06th ,2010)
In the second meeting, the researcher focused to get score by test. In the beginning of this meeting, the researcher reviewed last material for 15 minutes. She gave opportunity to the students to ask if they got difficulties in understanding the material. Then, she gave vocabulary test. The teacher asked the students to do and finish it.
3.	Observing 
The observing phase was conducted by the collaborator during the time of acting phase. The collaborator used the observation sheet to record both the students’ activities and the teachers’ action during teaching learning process.
. He observed and wrote down the process happened during the action. The researcher observes the result of the students’ vocabulary test. Then, the researcher analyzed the result to know whether the students’ vocabulary ability had improved through the flash card. Then in the end of step, the result of test was compared with the list of students’ score preliminary test before. 
		From the data above it could be concluded that the result was not so good. four students or 14% got less than 65, 13 students or 44% got only passing grade that is 65, 5 students or 16% got 70, six  students or 20% got 75, two students or 6% got 80. It meant that the students’ progress were still long from target.
4.	Reflecting 
	Based on the analysis of observation teaching and learning process in vocabulary class, it was found that the students’ vocabulary had got improvement in second meeting after the researcher implemented the teaching and learning process referring to the prepared lesson plan. 
	The result of observation focused on both teacher’s and students’ problem in preliminary study were that the teacher did not managed class as need of teaching English vocabulary, the students had low motivation and less interesting in learning vocabulary. The data could be seen on the table score of vocabulary test in the preliminary study. There were 18 students or 60 % of the whole class still failed, just 12 students or 40% passed in the preliminary research.
	The pre test was done after the researcher gave the first explanation about text, flash card and the way to write text. When the pre test was being done, the researcher found that only four students or 14% got less than 65, 13 students or 44% got only passing grade that is 65, five students or 16% got 70, six students or 20% got 75, two students or 6% got 80. Based on the result of the post test above, the researcher found that the result of action research in cycle I was not satisfactory so that it need to continue in cycle II by implementing lesson plan of cycle II.

C.	Cycle II
	The researcher conducted cycle II, it was implemented on April 13th 2010. This part discusses the finding of the second cycle. It covers the finding obtained on the planning, the implementation and monitoring the action and the reflection.
1.	Planning
The result of the action in the first cycle had already shown that the flash card could improve the students’ vocabulary mastery. But, there were several weaknesses that should be overcome. 
First, the flash card should be change to support the material. Second, the arrangement of the words in flash card had to rearrangement since the words, which made some students confused to memorize. It is expected that if the flash card for cycle 2 were better, the students’ vocabulary mastery would improve more.
In this cycle, the topic changed which specific healthy of doctor. It was presented in first meeting. Then, test 2 was administered in second meeting. The flash card should be made specific healthy in clued doctor, nurse, medicine. The students hopefully could flash card accurately and memorize the words easily.
2.	Action
This part presents the planning, the implementation, and the findings of cycle II.
•	First Meeting  (April 13th, 20210)
The researcher started the first meeting by giving notification about the value of the students’ assignments in the previous cycle. Then the researcher explained the students the benefit of the employing the flash card in vocabulary. The researcher also told the student the important of vocabulary. It intended to increase the students’ motivation before continuing this cycle. 
The action in this cycle did not made any crucial changes, the researcher essentially made some action as what she did in the preceding cycle. The changes that the flash card intended to make healthy topic.
•	Second Meeting (April 15th, 2010)
The second meeting of cycle II was conducted on April 20th, 2010. The researcher focused to get score by test. In the beginning of this meeting, the researcher reviewed last material for 15 minutes. She gave opportunity to the students to ask if they got difficulties in understanding the material. Then, she gave vocabulary test. The teacher asked the students to translate some words. 
1.	Observing
From the observation in the cycle II, it was found out that students’ ability in vocabulary activity got significant improvement. It could be seen from the result of the post test of the cycle II as follow. There was significant improvement, although any have difficulty to combine the paragraph. There were just 2 students who got 60 and 6 students who got 65. It meant that just 6% students failed and 15% students got only the passing grade. Others 32 or 80% students were successful with higher score than passing grade. It indicated that the students’ progress was very good.
		The result of the students’ post test showed that the students got some benefit of the employing flash card in improving vocabulary. Students’ vocabulary was better than before the strategy employed. Further more, the result of the post test in the first and second meeting also got a significant improvement.
2.	Reflecting
	There were some evidences showing that the students’ vocabulary was better than before. This process also increased students’ self confident in vocabulary. It was found that just 2 students (6%) of the whole were unsuccessful. There were 4 students (14%) got only the passing grade that was 65. Another 24 students (80%) got higher than passing grade. It meant that the implementing of flash card to improve students’ ability in vocabulary was successful. 
	Based on the second cycle reflection, the researcher assumed that the action could be stopped because the students’ vocabulary was grown better and students had more self confident in vocabulary than before. So, the researcher decided that the action did not need to be continued in cycle III.

3.	Discussion
	Flash card as an instructional media was choosing because picture has some advantages to use improve the student’s vocabulary. By using pictures, the students felt something new in their teaching learning activities. Pictures also could attract their attention and made them easier in catching teacher’s instruction as those stated by Sukartiwi in Baedowi (2008). The using of flash card was able to make the students more actively participate in English class. Pictures were able to attract the students’ attention. They felt more interesting in English lesson especially in vocabulary. It also reduced students’ boredom during teaching learning process.
The observing of the implementation of flash card has been shown in the first cycle and the second cycle. The student who got score 65 was classified into success in vocabulary. In the first cycle show that, only 20 students who pass the test. The percentage of it is only 67%.
	In the second cycle, all of the students can increase the score. 24 students (80%) passed the test and only 6 students (20%) failed the test. It showed that most of them could receive all of the material which was given. So, they can pass the test that given by the researcher. As the result, the students’ tests that were conducted in the first and second cycle were satisfactory. It indicated that the teaching and learning process was successful. 

The Table Mastery of criteria
Criteria of Mastery	Grade	
95-100
86-94
76-85
65-75
50-64
less than 50	Excellent
Very good
Good
Fair
Poor
Very poor	

The Table of Development of the Students’ ability sees appendix

Cycle I

Score :

Score :

Score :

Cycle II

Preliminary Study

The Development of the Students’ Achievement.