26 to answer the formulated problem. The research was started by asking some
questions through questionnaire to the participants. After that, it is followed by asking further information through the interview.
1. Questionnaire
There were two classes of Basic Reading I that were given the questionnaire to gain the quantitative data. Gall, Gall, and Borg 2007 state that the
questionnaires are printed forms that ask the same questions of all individuals in the sample and for which respondents record their answers in a verbal form p. 228.
The questionnaire was used to find out the students’ opinion on the use of reader’s
log in Basic Reading I class. The questionnaire consists of two parts; the close- ended and the open-ended question. Firstly, the researcher distributed the
questionnaire which consisted of close-ended and open-ended questionnaires. All the items in the questionnaire were related to the research problem formulated; to
what degree the use of reader’s log supports students in learning reading.
Van Dalen 1979 states that the closed-form consists of a prepared list of concrete questions and a choice of possible answer p. 126. In the close-ended
questions, there is a form of question where the respondent is able to choose based on the answer provided. In this section, the researcher provided 14 statements and
used Lickert Scale. Cohen, Marion, and Marrison 2000 state that Lickert scale contains of degree of agreement which is set to gain the expressions of opinion,
interest, or value, problems to react to, or statements to agree or disagree with p. 253. Based on the Lickert scale, the students chose the units of scales to indicate
their answers, whether the students were “strongly agree”, “agree”, “undecided”,
27 “disagree”, and “strongly disagree”. Then, to make the result clearer, the
questionnaire is provided in Appendix C. The second part of the questionnaire was open-ended question. In this part,
the students were given a chance to answer the questions freely. It was also acknowledged by Van Dalen 1979, “the open-form questionnaire permits the
participants to answer freely and fully in their own words and their own frame of reference” p. 126. It was also used to gain further opinion based on the students’
opinion on the use of reader’s logs in basic reading 1 class. Therefore, the open- ended questions would make the first part clearer.
2. Interview
