49). Kemmis and Mc Taggart in Darmadi (2011: 246) action research occurs through a dynamic and complementary process which consist of four essential “moments”. They are planning, acting, observing, and reflecting. According to the definitions above, there are two main ideas in Classroom Action Research. First, what are the students’ outcomes need to be improved?. Second, what is the main ‘tool’ to improve it?. Kemmis and Mc Taggart in Darmadi (2011: 246) action research occurs through a dynamic and complementary process which consist of four essential “moments”. They are planning, acting, observing, and reflecting.
Research Findings and Discussion 1.
Reconnaissance Process
After collecting and analyzing the data from the research setting by observing the teaching and learning process, interviewing the English teacher, distributing questionaire to the students, and giving a reading test, the findings showed that there were three major problems in the research setting as follows:
a.
The quality of teaching and learning process of reading was unideal. It needed to be improved in order to create a good reading atmosphere for the students. b.
The students’ response in following reading activity was not good. They performed bad interest, enthusiasm, and seriousness. They also followed the teaching and learning process of reading without cosiness. Thus, their response in following teaching and learning process of
reading needed to be improved in order to get their better enthusiasm, interest, seriousness, and joyness in following the reading activity. c.
The students’ reading comprehension need to be improved because their mean score was commonly categorized in fair category (56.2). In other words, their score was clasified under the ideal mean score (60.0)