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Ambarrukmo 1 Sleman. The collaborative work will be aimed to improve the speaking skill of the tenth grade students at SMK PI Ambarrukmo 1 Sleman.
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CHAPTER III RESEARCH METHODS
This chapter subsequently emphasizes on the research methodology comprising the research design, research setting, research data collection, and
research data analysis.
A. Research Design
The research study on using the think-pair-share technique to improve the speaking skill of the first grade students of SMK PI Ambarrukmo 1 Sleman was
action research which focused on the efforts to improve the speaking skill. According to Kemmis and McTaggart 1988, the action research was conducted through the
process below
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In this diagram I identified a problem, formulated a possible solution, implemented the action, and reflected on the outcome of the action.
The action research was conducted through four activities; in which each activity consisted of four steps, as follows:
1. Planning
Planning was the first step of the research procedure. This activity covered the problem identification. This was the most important step in conducting action
research as by knowing the problems, I and collaborator could find a good solution to solve the problem arose.
2. Acting
After identifying the possible cause of problems faced by the students of SMK PI Ambarrukmo 1 Sleman, i.e. low score of speaking test, the action was decided in
advance. The action was aimed to solve the problem. 3.
Observing Observing was the activity of collecting data to supervise to what extent the
result of “acting” reach the objective. The data being taken were qualitative and quantitative data. The quantitative data covered the students’ progress the students’
score while the qualitative data comprised students’ interest, class management. In short, in this phase, I or collaborator elaborated kinds of data, the procedure of
collecting data and instruments observation, questionnaire, and so forth.
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4. Reflecting
Reflecting was the activity of evaluating critically about the progress or change of the students, class, and also the teacher. In this step, I and collaborator
could observe whether the “acting” activity had resulted any progress, what progress happened, and also about the positives and negatives, and so on.
In the planning, the writer wanted to improve the students’ speaking skill. I would use the audio-lingual method for improving the students’ achievement in
speaking. There would be some steps like a pre-test, the teaching-learning activities, and post-test.
B. Research Setting
The setting of the research was at SMK PI Ambarrukmo 1 Sleman. It is located on Jl. Cendrawasih 125 Mancasan Lor, Condong Catur, Depok, Sleman,
Yogyakarta. The reason of choosing this school is considering of the problems occur in that school based on my observation.
C. Participant of the Research
Sometimes, the number of population is too big so it is out of the reach. In this case, the research is conducted to a part of the whole population. This part must have
the characteristics that represent the whole population. The participants of the research were students at the first grade students of SMK PI Ambarrukmo 1 Sleman.
I choose X A class as the participant of the research randomly because from the information given by the English teacher.
