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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.
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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
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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