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∑x : total scores
n : the number of test takers
3. Observation Data Analysis
To see the implementation of the Venn diagram strategy in the class, the researcher used observation as the main technique. The researcher used a
discourse analysis to analyze the observation. Meanings in a discourse analysis were obtained through the observation and language. Thus, the
researcher combined the data from peer-observers and direct observation done by the researcher herself. The data recorded in the observation sheets were
more about students’ behavior and the class situation in general. In addition, the data from the researcher’s direct observation were more on students’
utterances in a form of conversation, questions, and complaints. However, the data were kept confidential and the researcher made it available upon request.
4. Content Analysis
A content analysis technique was used to analyze students’ work
particularly the Venn diagrams. In a broader definition, a content analysis is “any technique for making inferences by objectively and systematically
identifying specif ied characteristics of messages” Holsti, 1969, p. 14. Since
students’ work was considered as documents, a content analysis could also be used for examining trends and patterns in documents Stemler, 2001. Thus,
through the content analysis, the researcher interpreted students’
41 understanding in filling in the Venn diagrams. The researcher provided the
samples of students’ work in Appendix F p. 131 and kept the name of the students confidential.
F. Research Procedure
The researcher conducted this research in procedural steps from the preliminary study to the making of the thesis. First of all, the researcher did a
preliminary study by conducting library study, asking permission letters, and interviewing the English teacher. The preliminary study was done in February
and March 2016. Then, the researcher conducted cycle one on April, 8, 2016 and cycle two a week after, April 15, 2016. Afterwards, the researcher
analyzed the data from the research instruments in April and May 2016. While analyzing the data, the researcher also wrote the research report during May
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CHAPTER IV RESEARCH RESULTS AND DISCUSSION
This chapter presents the research results and discussion. The researcher presents them in a form of evident explanation of the procedural
steps in classroom action research in order to answer the research question.
A. The Implementation of the Venn Diagram Strategy
The researcher presents the explanation of the use of the Venn diagram strategy in order to help students improve reading comprehension of analytical
exposition texts. The implementation of the Venn diagram strategy was done in two cycles.
1. Preliminary Study
In the preliminary study, the researcher conducted library research, asked for permission letter, and interviewed the English teacher. The
researcher did the interview to the English teacher on Friday, February 26, 2016.
This was intended to see the teacher’s way of teaching reading, the students’ characteristics, and the students’ interest in reading. Based on the
summary of the interview, the English teacher informed that in terms of English proficiency, students
’ scores in social classes tended to be lower than the scores of students in science classes.
She then talked about students’ reading habit which was still low. Students were likely to complain if they had
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