Place and Time of Research The Subject of the Research

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CHAPTER III RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

A. Context of Research

1. Place and Time of Research

The research was conducted in SMP N I Tasikmadu. The school is located on Jl. Buran Tasikmadu Karanganyar 57761. Its location is very strategic near a big street. The situation of the school environment is safe and quiet. The condition of the school is good. There is a gate around the school. It can prevent the school from other people to freely enter the school. SMP N I Tasikmadu has three grades of class. They are the seventh grade, the eight grades, and the ninth grade. Each grade consists of six classes. There are two bilingualism classes in there. The first class is the seventh grade and the second class is the eight grades. Besides the twenty classrooms, the other rooms are headmaster office, teacher office, administration office, library, laboratory, multimedia laboratory, computer room, language laboratory, and mosque. The study was conducted from April to May 2010. It can be shown as follows: No Activity Time of Research 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Preparation of try out and pre test Pre Test Action Post test Analyzing the data May 2010 May 2010 May-June 2010 May 2010 June 2010 commit to user 42

2. The Subject of the Research

The subject of the research is the eighth grade students of SMP N I Tasikmadu class VIII B. Class VIII B consists of 40 students. There are 24 boys and 16 girls. The students of SMP N I especially in class VIII B have the average achievement of English. In fact, the students in class VIII B have difficulties in comprehension genre. There are varieties of the students’ achievement. There are some students who have higher achievement than the others. There are also some students with average achievement. There are students with under average achievement in comprehension of text. There are some characteristics of the students in Class VIII B. The girls tend to be lazy and less motivated. However, there are some boys who are diligent and motivated in the learning activity. Usually the clever ones are diligent, active, motivated, serious and interested to know further about the material. The weak students tend to be passive, lack of motivation, not serious, noise and disturb the other students.

B. Action Research Methodology