IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF THE ENGLISH TEACHING AND LEARNING PROCESS THROUGH FUN LEARNING ACTIVITIES AT 4th GRADE OF SDN NGRINGIN IN THE ACADEMIC YEAR OF 2013/2014

The research was aimed at improving the quality of teaching and learning process by using fun learning activities in SD N Ngringin. The research dealt with students’ low motivation, students’ low involvement, students’ disruptive behaviors, the lack of media used and uninteresting learning activities. The solution for these problems was applying fun learning activities and other actions that supported the activities. Fun learning is a learning strategy which provides such enjoyment and pleasure which bring students change to be better in the classroom. The study was action research. The phases of research were planning, action, observation, and reflection. The research involved the English teacher, the collaborator, the fourth grade students of SD N Ngringin and the researcher. The subjects of the research were 33 students in the fourth grade at SD N Ngringin in the academic year of 2013/2014. The data of this study were qualitative in nature. The qualitative data were obtained by observing the teaching and learning process during the implementation and interviewing the students, the English teacher, and the collaborator. The instruments for collecting the data were observation sheets and interview guidelines. Hence, the data were in the form of field notes, interview transcripts, and photographs. The data were analyzed through assembling the data, coding the data, comparing the data, building interpretations, and reporting the outcomes. The validity of the data was obtained by applying democratic validity, outcome validity, process validity, catalytic validity, and dialogic validity. The research used time triangulation and investigator triangulation to check the trustworthiness. The results showed that the use of fun learning activities was effective to improve the quality of English teaching and learning process. The improvement was on all aspects based on the research target. The students had motivation in English classroom. They were not bored in doing every activity. In addition, they got involved in the learning activities. The students’ behavior also improved since the disruptive behavior could be dealt well. The media used were varied and interesting for students which helped them to convey meaning of language context. The learning activities improved by using fun learning activities. In summary, the quality of English teaching and learning process improved through fun learning activities