Determining the Objectives Research Procedure

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7. Analyzing the Data

The researcher used counting technique in analyzing the data. It was supported by Fraenkel and Wallen 2006, p. 490 that counting is a characteristic of some content analysis methods. Moreover, the researcher counted the frequency of several aspects which would support the topic she investigated. The researcher counted the frequency in the form of a percentage as well.

8. Reporting the Research Results

Since this research constituted a qualitative research, the researcher reported the research results in terms of descriptions. It was supported by Merriam 2009 that qualitative research focuses on the meaning so it would be dealing with interpretation. Additionally, the researcher used numbers in reporting the data since this research used a content analysis method. As Fraenkel and Wallen 2006, p. 490 state, the end product of the coding process must be numbers. Thus, the researcher used both description and numbers in reporting the research results. 37

CHAPTER IV RESEARCH RESULTS AND DISCUSSION

This chapter presents research results which had been analyzed in ways justified in the research methodology. In addition, it discussed the results in light of the research questions. The first research question is about how the three consecutive years of Junior High School English UN is best described. Therefore, the first point of this chapter fully describes how the three consecutive years of Junior High School English UN looks like. The second research question is about the levels of thinking skills employed in the three consecutive years of Junior High School English UN for Junior High School are. The second point of this research obtains information about how high the three consecutive years of Junior High School English UN employs levels of thinking skills. Thus, the research results and discussion are presented in the two main points as follows.

A. The Description of the Three Consecutive Years of Junior High School

English UN Regarding the first research question, this research was going to describe how the three consecutive years of Junior High School English UN. This part reported how the three consecutive years of Junior High School English UN looked like. Moreover, this part described a language skill and materials which are integrated in the three consecutive years of Junior High School English UN. For