Technique of Collecting Data

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3 Observing

The researcher records the important activities during the learning- teaching process. She is also helped by her collaborator to observe students‘ activities during the teaching-learning process, so that, she can give some inputs or suggestions. She notes the strengths and weaknesses of the implementation of the teaching-learning process using project work in teaching speaking. 4 Reflecting After carrying out the teaching learning activities using project based activity, the writer recites the activities in the classroom as the effect of the action. She evaluates the process and the result of the implementation of project based activity in teaching English. The evaluation gives advantages in deciding what the researcher should do in the next cycle.

E. Technique of Collecting Data

The techniques of collecting data in this research can be seen in the following table: Technique Target Purpose Data Observation Student Teaching and Learning activity To watch and record action Field note Field note Interview Students Collaborator To know the participants feel in face-to-face interaction Interview transcript Interview transcript Questionnaire Students To get responses in non-face-to face Questionnaire conversion lix interaction Test Students To get information about the current and previous mark, judgment and situation Speaking scores Teacher diary Field note Observation is an activity of watching and recording action and behavior of research participants. The writer and her collaborator observe the activities of her students and the progress of the teaching and learning in the speaking class. The data gained in the observation are in the form of a narrative text from the field note. Interview is an activity to ask questions in face-to-face interaction. The writer uses the interview to know how the participants feel and their opinion or idea during the research. The researcher applies the interview technique to her students and collaborator. She explores about what they get during the action including the strength and weakness of the action. The data obtained from interview are in the form of narrative text of the transcript of the interview. Questionnaire is a technique of asking question of someone‘s feeling, opinion, or idea but in non face-to-face interaction. It is given in the form of written question with available answers in ranged-degree. The writer applies questionnaire to gain participants‘ responses in non face-to-face interaction. With this technique, she gets responses of certain issues. The writer applies this technique to her students. In this research the documents is from the students, teacher, and collaborator. Documents of the students are the students‘ scores in the pre-test lx and the post-test. Document of the teacher is in the form of the teacher diary. Document of the collaborator is in the form of field note.

F. Technique of Analyzing Data