D. Research Procedure
In this research, the researcher used procedure as follows : 1.
Determining the subject of the research The researcher took VIII B and English teacher of the eighth grade of SMPN
4 Bandar Lampung as sample of the research.
2. Asked the students to write recount text.
The researcher gave the test for students on 5
th
of January 2017, as documents of the research.
3. Interview the teacher
The researcher gave interview to English teacher to know the students’ ability and problem in writing recount text on
5
th
of January 2017.
4. Questionnaire
The researcher gave questionnaire to the students to find the causes of students’ problem in writing recount text
5
th
of January 2017. 5.
Making report findings After got the data, the researcher analyzed data and made the report of
findings of the research.
E. Data Trustworthiness
In qualitative research, the researcher revealed the data as the real life of the subject. This qualitative research used some methodologies. To keep the validity of the data in
order to have more accurate conclusion. To make the data valid, triangulation was
employed. According to Setiyadi, triangulation is the combination of two methods or more in collecting the data about the attitude of the subject of the research, because
the attitude of human being is quite complex the use of single method in collecting the qualitative data is often considered not enough.
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There are several kinds of triangulation according to Setiyadi, as follows :
1. Triangulation of time
a. Cross-sectional triangulation is the data collection implemented in the
same time to different groups. b.
Longitudinal triangulation is the data collected from the same group at different times.
2. Triangulation of place
For more accurate data collection in order to be able to use different places for similar data.
3. Triangulation of theory
In triangulaton of theory, data collection is collected based on different theory or by analyzing the same data with different theory.
4. Triangulation of method
In triangulation of method, the researcher use different method for collecting similar data.
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Bambang Setiyadi, Op.Cit, p.246.
5. Triangulation of researcher
Triangulation of researcher used for collecting the same data it is done by some people. By engaging some people, result of research has higher
credibility. In this research the researcher used triangulation of method. In triangulation of
method the researcher used three data collecting technique, they are: documents, interview, and questionnaire. Documens in this research was the students written task
to investigate their problems in writing recount text. While, interview was given to the teacher, to find information about
students’ problem in writing recount text. Then, researcher gave questionnaire for the students to know the causes of their problems in
writing recount text.
F. Data Analysis
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