CHAPTER III RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
This chapter deals with research methodology consisting of research design, place and time of study, research method, population and sample, the
instrument of research, the technique of data collecting, and the technique of data analysis.
H. Research Design
The research design of this study is quantitative research about analyzing the students’ difficulties in learning degrees of comparison at second grade
students of SMP Dua Mei Ciputat and also observing about the teaching-learning process in the classroom. It is called a quantitative research because the writer
used some numerical data which is analyzed statistically. This study is aimed at observing and analyzing about 1 the teaching-
learning process in the classroom that conducted by the English teacher, 2 the students’ difficulties in learning degrees of comparison.
I. Place and Time of Study
The writer held the research at Eight Grade Students of SMP Dua Mei, which is located on Jl. H. Abdul Ghani No. 135 Cempaka Putih, Ciputat Timur,
Tangerang Selatan. The writer did the research on January 4
th
, 2010.
J. Research Method
In collecting data, the writer did field research, supported by library and internet studies. Through the library, the writer finds out the materials that are
related to the topic.
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On Internet, the writer browses some articles that are related with the topic discussed and mentioned as references.
At the last of the field research, the writer conducted an experiment at VIII grade of SMP Dua Mei by giving the test to the students.
K. Population and Sample
The object of the research is the Eight Grade Students of SMP Dua Mei Ciputat. There are 78 students for second grade of SMP Dua Mei Ciputat which
are divided into two classes called 8.1 and 8.2. There are 39 students for 8.1 class and also 39 students for 8.2 class.
The writer took 8.1 class which consists of 39 students, but she only took 36 students from 39 students because the rest of them were absent.
E. The Instrument of Research
To get the data in this research, the writer uses two instruments that consist of observation and English test to complete the data that are needed for this study.
The observation is used to observe the teaching learning process that is conducted by the English teacher in the classroom.
The test is used to know what are the difficulties faced by the students in learning degrees of comparison. In this research, the writer gave the test about
comparative and superlative degree of adjective. The test consists of 30 items. 10 items consist of comparative degree and 10 items consist of superlative degree,
the forms of the test are in the form of multiple choices. And the rest of 10 items are from the usage of comparative and superlative degrees which consist of 5
items for usage of comparative and 5 items for usage of superlative degree, those items are filling the blanks and completing the sentence.
F. The Techniques of Data Collecting
