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CHAPTER III RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
A. Place and Time of the Study
The place of this study was at State Islamic University UIN Syarif Hidayatullah Jakarta at Jl. Ir. Juanda No.95, Ciputat, Tangerang Selatan. The
study was conducted from May to August 2014.
B. Research Design
The study was conducted through quantitative method and the design was correlational study. In this study, bivariate correlation was used to describe
relationship between two variables. Two variables were independent and dependent variables. In this study, the independent variable or the variable that
explained and affected another variable was “idiom mastery” or usually known as X variable. For the dependent variable or the variable that being affected by the
independent one was “reading comprehension” or usually known as Y variable.
C. Population and Sample
The population of this study was 70 students of fourth semester of Department of English Education of UIN Syarif Hidayatullah Jakarta, and the
sample of this study was 33 students. The writer took the samples by random sampling where the sampling was chosen by odd number.
D. Research Instrument
The instrument of this study used test achievement. Tests were divided into two tests: Idiom test and reading comprehension test. The test of idiom was
taken from Basic Idioms in American English, and the test of reading comprehension test was taken from EPT Preparation Program Reading
Comprehension. Idiom test consisted of twenty multiple-choice questions and was used to measure students’ idioms mastery. For reading comprehension test
consisted of four passages and each passage contained five multiple-choice
questions and was used to measure students’ reading comprehension. Below were the blue-print of Idiom Test and Reading Comprehension Test:
Table 3.1 The Blue Print of Idiom Test
Standard Competency
Basic Competency
Indicator Item Indicator
Kind of Item
Number of Item
Students can understand
the meaning of idiom and
kind of idiom that
occur in English text.
Students can use idiom in
English well and based on
the context to express their
feeling. •
To understand
the meaning of
idiom based on
the context.
• To use
idiom based on the
context. Phrasal Verb
PG 1, 2, 3
Tournure Idioms PG
8, 9, 11, 12, 14, 15
Irreversible Binominal Idioms
PG 10, 18, 19
Phrasal Compound
Idioms PG
20
Incorporating verb idioms
PG 7, 13, 16,
17
Phrasal Verb PG
4, 5, 6
Table 3.2 The Blue Print of Reading Comprehension Test
Standard Competency
Basic Competency
Indicator Item
Indicator Kind of
Item
This course aim are to help the
students to be able to
comprehend reading
passages consist of minimum
2000 words from various
types or genres and identify
various types of reading
comprehension questions in
international standardized
tests Student can:
Finding main idea from the
text. Answer reading
comprehension questions on
international standardized test
1. Finding main idea of the text
PG 1, 11, 13
2. Identifying supporting detail
or information PG
2, 7, 8, 12, 19
3. Identifying the topic of the text
PG 6
4. Finding reference word
in the text PG
4, 10, 14, 18
5. Identifying similar word in
the text PG
3, 9, 13, 17
6. Finding the conclusion of the
text PG
5, 15, 20
E. Technique of Data Collecting
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