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CHAPTER III RESEACH METHODOLOGY
A. Place and Time of Study
The research was conducted by the researcher on 13
th
March 2013 until 5
th
September in 2014. The place for this research study is Islamic Junior High School Al-Fallah at Villa Mutiara - Ciputat - Tangerang Selatan.
B.
Method of Study
In this research, the writer used a quantitative design which was conducted with experimental research design. The experimental research because the researcher
had been formed or selected a group, decided what changes will occur in each group, tried to control all relevant factors in addition to the changes shehe introduced, and
observed or measured the ef fect of the group at the end of the study.”
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The research design is Quasi-experimental study.
There were two variables involved in this research. They were reading comprehensionof narrative text as independent variable and picture series as a
dependent variable. The experimental class which is taught reading of narrative text by using
picture series then the control class which is taught reading of narrative text without using picture series.
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Emzir.Metdologi Penelitian Pendidikan, Jakarta: Rajawali Press, 2012, p. 69.
C.
Population and Sampling
Population is a place of generalization that consist of subject and object of the research with certain quality and characteristic that are standardized by the researcher
in order to learn from them and then to draw a conclusion from them.
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This research used purposive technique. In this research the writer took the population at the second
year students of Islamic School Al-Fallah Villa Mutiara - Ciputat - Tangerang Selatan.
In this research, the sample of the population was taken from two classes in Islamic School Al-Fallah. The class was divided into three classes, and they are 8.1
plus, 8.2, and 8.3. The samples are from 8.2 and 8.3., the writer choose those classes because their quantity fulfill for doing the experimental method.
D. Instrument of Data Collection
Some techniques used in collecting data in this research are:
1. Pre-test
The writer gave the students pre-test for two classes before the lesson began to know in which level the background knowledge of the material students is. The
pre-test consisted of 30 questions of written test related to the material.
2. Treatment
The writer taught reading of narrative text in the experimental and control class. She gave both classes the same materials in different technique.The experimental
class was taught using picture series while the control class was taught without using picture series.
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Etta Mamang Sangaji, Sophia. Metodologi Penelitian: Pendekatan Praktis Dalam Penelitian, Yogyakarta: Andi Yogyakarta, 2010, p. 185.
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