The Techniques of Collecting Data

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C. The Techniques of Collecting Data

Below is the table of collecting data and then explained by the detail. In the Table 3.1, it is found the techniques of collecting the qualitative and quantitative data in each step of the research completed with the participants, the data gathered and how to analyze them. Table 3.1 Table of Collecting Data Steps of the research Participants Techniques of collecting Data Pre research Researcher Students Teachers Test Observation Interview Scores Field notes Implementation Researcher Students Teachers Observation Diary Document photographs students’ answer sheet diaries Result discussion researcher journal teaching and learning process students’ achievement in listening students’ motivation In more detail, the techniques of collecting data are presented in the following section. 1. Qualitative Data The qualitative data of the research was collected by using some techniques of collective data collection including: a. Interview Interview was done twice, before and after research. The researcher interviewed the English teacher and three students to get information about the students’ listening comprehension. commit to user 54 b. Observation The researcher observed the classroom situation before and during the research was conducted to know the subject of the research well. The researcher also observed the school condition generally. The observation was done by the researcher herself to know the situation of the teaching learning process when the method was applied. c. Document analysis In this research, the researcher gathered some documents that were analyzed to get the data. The documents includes: the students works, the teaching checklists, the filed notes, and the diary of the research, the interview transcripts and the questionnaires. d. Photos The implementation of the research was also recorded in photographs to provide more accurate data. The qualitative data which were collected in this study consists of the information obtained during pre-research, the process and the results of action research implementation, and the results of the discussion between teacher and researcher. 2. Quantitative Data The quantitative data of the research was collected by using listening tests. Tests were given to the students three times. The first is pre-test, the second is post-test 1 and the last is post-test 2. The listening tests were in the commit to user 55 form of fill in the blank and multiple choice items. So, the students were given worksheet, asked to watch the videos, and then did the tests items.

D. The Technique of Analyzing the Data