G. The Theoritical Hypothesis
The theoritical hypothesis of the study is as follows: 1. Alternative Hypothesis Ha: The use of photograph is effective towards
students’ skill in writing recount text. 2. Null Hypothesis Ho: The use of photograph is not effective towards
students’ skill in writing recount text.
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CHAPTER III RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
A. Time and Place of the Research
This research was held on March 30th up to April 28th 2015. This research was conducted at SMP Nusantara Plus, Ciputat. It is located at Jl. Tarumanegara
Dalam No. 1 Ciputat – Tangerang Selatan.
B. The Research Design
In this research, the researcher used a quasi-experimental design. Gay et al. stated that a quasi-experimental design can be applied by the researcher when
assign of the subjects to groups randomly is impossible.
1
According to Nunan, there are some characteristics of quasi-experimental design. The first has both pre-
test and post-test. The second has experimental and control class. The third assign the subjects nonrandomly.
2
This quasi-experimental design attempted to find out the effectiveness of using photograph
towards students’ skill in writing recount text. Furthermore, the variables examined in this research are photograph as the
independent variable and recount writing as the dependent variable. The procedures that used in this quasi-experimental design are as follows:
1. Pre-test The pre-
test was conducted in the first meeting to measure students’ writing skill in recount text before treatment. The researcher gave a writing test. The
students both in experimental and control class were asked to write a recount text. The topic that was given to the students both in experimental and control class is
the same. The topic is about “My Experience When I Went to My Hometown”.
1
Gay et al., Educational Research, Nineth Edition, New Jersey: Pearson Education, Inc., 2009, pp. 258
—259.
2
David Nunan, Research Method in Language Learning Cambridge: Cambrige University Press, 1992, p. 41.
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