CHAPTER III RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
This chapter presents the description of the research method used in this study. It consists of the research design, population and sample, the research instruments, data and
source of data, the techniques of collecting data, and the techniques of data analysis.
A. Research Design
The design of this study is descriptive - evaluative in a form of quantitative research about analysis on advantages and disadvantages of teaching the present continuous tense
through pictures at even semester of eight grade students at SMPN 2 Pamulang. The descriptive study is designed to obtain the current status of phenomena and is directed
toward determining the nature of the situation as it exists at the time of the study. This study is also called evaluative because it tries to evaluate objectively about teaching the present
continuous tense through pictures, and it is also called a quantitative research because the writer uses some numerical data which is analyzed statistically.
This study is aimed at describing and evaluating about 1 the teaching preparation made by the English teacher, 2 the implementation of using pictures in teaching the
present continuous tense done by the English teacher, 3 the advantages and disadvantages in using pictures in teaching the present continuous tense, 4 the students’ achievement in
learning the present continuous tense through pictures. To avoid bias, the researcher tries to evaluate the real condition as objectively as
possible. She takes a position as outsider who sees the objective condition of SMPN 2 Pamulang without involving herself as a member of teacher of the school.
B. Population and Sample
The object of this study is SMPN 2 Pamulang. The subject includes the English teachers as main subject and the students of the eight grade of SMPN 2 Pamulang. There
were 314 eight grade students who studied at SMPN 2 Pamulang which is divided into eighth classes namely VIII.1 until VIII.8.
There were two English teachers who taught English subject at eight grade of SMPN 2 Pamulang, they are Tuting Tubarsih, S.Pd who teaches at VIII.1 until VIII.4 and
Supriyadi, S.Pd who teaches at VIII.5 until VIII.8 They are all full time English teachers. The English teacher to be observed by the writer is Tuting Tubarsih, S.Pd, because she is
the teacher of the students that the writer took as sample. The technique of sampling used by the writer is simple random sampling. It caused
the population that the writer observed is homogeny students of the eighth grade. The sample was taken randomly, from the four classes that she took as sample, she only took 20
students for every class. So, the total population that she took as sample is 80 students.
C. The Research Instruments
