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CHAPTER III METHODOLOGY
This chapter presents detailed discussion about methodology applied in this research. This includes the description of the research method, research
instruments, research subjects, data gathering technique, data analysis technique and research procedure.
A. Research Method
Survey research is set to obtain the students’ perception on the teaching lower semester class designed in Microteaching subject. Ary, Jacobs
Razavieh 2002 argued that survey is to measure opinion, achievement, or other psychological or sociological concept. Moreover, Wiearsma 1995
mentioned that survey is able to answer the study dealing with emotion. Surveys are used to measure attitudes, opinions, or achievements. Survey
research is abroad in scope including status quo studies to those in which the relationships of sociological and psychological variables are
determined and interpreted. Wiersma, 1995:169-170
Initially, the researcher gathered data for finding the second and the third research questions because of the time constraint. The researcher had limited time
to distribute the questionnaire because not all of them had performed the teaching lower semester students at the final days before examination period.
The researcher distributed the questionnaires and conducted interview with the Microteaching students for achieving the second objective of the research which is
to know the students’ perception on teaching lower semester students in
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implementation of teaching lower semester students in Microteaching class. According to Altman, et al. 1985, someone’s perception affects hisher
behaviors. Afterward, the researcher conducted interview with Microteaching
lecturers to obtain information dealing with the procedure of teaching lower semester students in Microteaching subject. The interview data was used for
answering the first research question.
B. Research Participants
The participants as sources of data of this research were the Microteaching lecturers and the sixth semester students who were taking microteaching class in
the academic year of 20102011 at English Language Education Study Program ELESP of Sanata Dharma University. There are six Microteaching classes which
had around 23 students each at maximum. For interview, there were two lecturers being the participants. They were
two of Microteaching lecturer coordinators who were considered to provide the data dealing with the implementation of teaching lower semester.
Due to limitation of time and economic factors, the researcher only distributed the questionnaire to Microteaching students in four Microteaching
classes. Those classes were A, B, D, and E which was considered able to represent the whole population of the Microteaching students’ perceptions toward the
implementation of teaching lower semester. There were 48 students being the
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27 respondents submitted the questionnaires. Not all the students submitted the
questionnaires because some of them had not taught the lower semester students yet when the researcher distributed the questionnaire.
C. Research Instruments