26 analyze the data from the interview conducted. Firstly, the researcher transcribed
the results of the interview’s recording. Then, the researcher made the summary based on the data collection. After that, the researcher analyzed the data and
compared the answers with participants’ answers in the questionnaire. The purpose was to discover similarities and differences’ answers in both
questionnaire and interview results so that the researcher was able to draw a
conclusion of the students’ perception. Finally, the researcher wrote the explanation from the data obtained.
F. Research Procedure
There were eight steps in conducting this research. They were planning, defining the population, sampling, asking permission, constructing the instrument,
conducting the survey, processing the data and reporting the data obtained.
1. Planning
For the first step, the researcher defined the problems. It was found that the researcher needed to know the students’ perception on the use of blogs in Basic
Writing class in the English Education of Sanata Dharma University Yogyakarta. The researcher also searched the theories and sources related to the topic and the
problem determined.
2. Defining the Population
In this step, the researcher found the target population of these problems. The target population was the students of English Education Study Program in
Sanata Dharma University Yogyakarta. The particular students were the students
27 whose classes used the blogs in learning Basic Writing skill
. Precisely, the
participants were the students who had taken Basic Writing class in the academic year 20112012.
3. Sampling
The researcher used purposive sampling in conducting this research. The researcher could not select all students or participants in each class who had taken
Basic Writing class because the specific participants needed by the researcher merely the participants who used blogs in their Basic Writing class. The classes
were classes C and F in the academic year 20112012.
4. Constructing the Instruments
The researcher used the questionnaire and the interview in answering the research questions. The questionnaire was set in the form of open-ended and
closed-ended forms. In the questionnaire form, the researcher used the Likert Scale which had numerical values with the certain meaning while the interview
used by the researcher was in the form of semi structured interview. In conducting the interview, the researcher prepared the recording and asked the questions
related to the research problem to the participants.
5. Asking Permission
Before conducting the survey by distributing the questionnaire and conducting the interview, the researcher asked the permission first to the
chairperson of the English Education Study Program of Sanata Dharma University Yogyakarta to conduct the research in that area. Asking permission was conducted
28 by writing the letter and asking the chairperson’s signature. Those all were
conducted in the middle of May 2012.
6. Conducting the Survey
