TY  - THES
PB  - UNIVERSITAS NEGERI YOGYAKARTA
TI  - USING MEDIA TO PROMOTE CLASS INTERACTION
IN THE ENGLISH TEACHING AND LEARNING PROCESS
OF THE EIGHTH GRADE STUDENTS OF SMP N 1 SEMANU
A1  - Anita , Estiningtyas
AV  - public
ID  - UNY9916
Y1  - 2012/05//
UR  - http://eprints.uny.ac.id/9916/
M1  - skripsi
N2  - This action research aims to promoting the class interaction in the English
teaching and learning process of the eighth grade students of SMP N 1 Semanu by
using media.
This research consisted of two cycles. In conducting the research, the
researcher involved the English teacher and students of grade VIIIB of SMP N 1
Semanu. Class VIIIB consisted of 32 students. There were 18 female students and
14 male students. In implementation of the action in this research, the English
teacher acted as an observer, while the researcher acted as the action taker and the
students acted as subjects of learning. The data were obtained from the
observation during the implementation of the actions, interviews with the English
teacher and also the students of class VIIIB and questionnaires distributed in the
end of each cycle in this research. The data were in the form of field notes,
interview transcripts, questionnaires and observation checklists. The validity of
the data was obtained by process validity, democratic validity, and dialogic
validity. Besides using those validity principles, the reliability of the data was
gained by giving genuine data. The triangulation technique used in this research
was time triangulation. However, the data in this research fulfilled some criteria of
trustworthiness. They were credibility and confirmability.
The results of this study showed that problems related to the class
interaction can be reduced by applying the media in the lesson activity. There
were four media applied in this study. They were picture cards, word cards,
videos, and audios. However, the researcher also added games in the learning
activity. By implementing those kinds of media in the English teaching and
learning process, the students had changes to interact with the teacher and the
other students. Besides, the students were more interested during the process. In
conclusion, the use of media is believed to be effective to promote class
interaction.
ER  -