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recently graduated from Yogyakarta State University. In addition, she would be the collaborator in the research.
SMPN 2 Kalasan has 18 classes in all grades. Each grade consists of six classes. It has three laboratories. They are two biology laboratories and a
computer laboratory which are often also used in learning English. It also has a green house for the students who want to plant flowers and it also has a
badminton court. There is a library in the east of the badminton court and mosque in the south of the school hall.
3. Schedule of the Research
The research was carried out during the teaching-learning activities in SMP N 2 Kalasan, Sleman in the academic year of 20132014. The data
collection was done two or three times in a week with a duration of 35 minutes each meeting. This research was conducted from July 17
th
until August 21
st
, 2013.
C. The Subject of the Research
The research was conducted collaboratively by all members of the research. They were the students of VIII D, English teacher, and researcher
himself. In data collection, the researcher was helped by his friend who is studying in the Department of English Language Education.
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D. Instrument of the Research 1
Observation checklist
The observation checklist was used to check the implementation of the missing lyrics songs technique in the teaching and learning process. The
observation checklist was referred by putting a tick to statements of the teaching and learning process which had been done. There were three major
points to list in the observation checklist such as pre-teaching, whilst-teaching and post-teaching each parts of which has many points.
2 Field notes
The field notes was used to note the data in this research. This field notes was used to write and record anything during the implementation of
missing lyrics songs in the teaching listening process in the class. The researcher also used field notes to complete in collecting information and data.
The field notes also helped the researcher related to the weaknesses and obstacles found in the research.
E. Data Collection Techniques
The data in this research consist of quantitative and qualitative data. The quantitative data obtained through the mean score of the students. The qualitative
data were the description of the process during the action based on interview transcripts, observation checklists, and students’ listening tasks. In this research,
there were some steps that need to be done by the researcher as the procedure to collect the data, such as:
