“By using Collaborative Strategic Reading CSR technique, it will improve the students’ achievement in reading comprehension of narrative text at the second
grade of SMA PGRI 109 Kota Tangerang.”
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CHAPTER III RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
A. Place and Time of the Study
This research took place in SMA PGRI 109 Kota Tangerang which is located at Jl. Untung Suropati II No. 14, Cimone Jaya, Karawaci, Tangerang,
Banten, on the first semester.
The school has 424 students that are divided into 12 classes. There are 4 classes for tenth class, 4 classes for eleventh grade and 4 classes for twelfth
grade. The researcher had conducted the research for three weeks. It began on November 27
th
2013 and ended on December 20
th
2013.
B. Method of the Research
In this research, the researcher uses quantitative research. According to Creswell, in quantitative research there are three design; experimental,
correlation and survey
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. The writer uses experimental design. Experiment is a procedure for testing a hypothesis by setting up a situation in which the strength
of the relationship between variables can be tested.
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Also, it establishes possible cause and effect between independent and dependent variables.
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This study will use A Quasi Experiment Design specifically. It is because the interactions of
selection with other factors are possibilities.
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It is one of approaches of research that uses two groups; those are experimental class and control class. Arikunto
stated that, generally, the researcher in experimental research uses two groups,
1
John W. Creswell, Educational Reserach: Planning, Conducting, and Evaluating Quantitative and Qualitative Reserach
– International Edition, Boston: Pearson, 2002, p.12.
2
David Nunan. Research Method in Language Learning. New York: Cambridge .University Press, 1992, p. 25.
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John W. Creswell. op. cit., p. 295.
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Ibid, p. 310.
experimental group as a group that gets the treatment and the control group that did not get treatment.
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The researcher implements Collaborative Strategic Reading CSR technique in the first class and Grammar Translation Method is implemented in
the second class. This study focuses on giving treatment to the experimental class by applying Collaborative Strategic Reading in teaching reading, and then
the researcher observes the result through classroom observation and test.
C. The Population and Sample
The researcher conducted the experiment of SMA PGRI 109 Kota Tangerang. The population of the research is the second grade of senior high
school. There are 4 classes of second grade. The total number of students or population is 140 students. The sampling technique of this research is
Purposive Sampling, because it takes the sample with any consideration.
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In this research, the researcher chooses XI IPA 1 as the experimental class and XI
IPA 2 as the control class, because according to the English teacher in that school, those classes were appropriate to become the object of this research.
Both of those classes consist of 35 students. The researcher chooses the second- grade because reading skill is the crucial skill for them in the preparation of
facing the National Examination in the third grade.
D. The Instrument of the Data
The instrument of this study is a test of English which consist of 25 multiple choice questions taken from some books of English for Second Grade.
The 25 items of the tests is tested to the students from the third grade. After the test is applied,
the researcher measures the instruments’ validity and reliability used ANATEST. For the ANATEST result, it can be seen on appendices.
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Suharsimi Arikunto, Prosedur Penelitian Suatu Pendekatan Praktik, Jakarta: PT Rineka Cipta, 2006, p. 311.
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Sugiyono. Metode Penelitian Pendidika,. Bandung: Alfabeta, 2012, p. 124.
