The Use of Syllabus

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CHAPTER III RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

A. Place and Time of the Study

The research was administered in three accredited vocational schools at Tangerang; especially for the second grade technology major. Those three vocational schools have been ranked based on the accreditation from A up to C by the education ministry that has been published in Data Pokok SMK. 1 They are SMKN 3 Tangerang which has grade A, SMKN 1 Tangerang which has grade B, and SMK Teknologi Informatika YPML Tangerang which has grade C. The research is held in the different time. The first research was conducted in SMKN 1 Tangerang on November 25 th , 2013. The second research was conducted in SMKN 3 Tangerang on December 3 nd , 2013. The last research was conducted in SMK Teknologi Informatika YPML Tangerang on December 19 th , 2013. This research began by asking permission to the headmaster and making an appointment to the English teacher. The second step, the writer asked for the English summative test paper and a syllabus for the second grade technology major in odd semester in those three vocational schools. The last, the writer interviewed the English teacher of second grade technology major in those vocational schools by a semi-structured interview.

B. The Object of the Study

The object of the study in this research is English summative tests for the second grade technology major of three accreditation vocational schools at odd semester 20132014. 1 Data Pokok SMK Direktorat Pembinaan Sekolah Menengah Kejuruan http:datapokok.ditpsmk.net

C. Method of the Study

The method of this study is a qualitative and a quantitative method a mixed method. There are three types of mixed methods; they are the Qual- quan model or the exploratory mixed method, the Quan-qual model or the explanatory mixed method, and the Quan-Qual model or the triangulation method. 2 Moreover, the writer decides to use the Qual-quan model or the exploratory method because the data collection of the research in this skripsi mostly enhances the qualitative research. Continuingly, the quantitative data is used for presenting the numerical analysis in calculating the percentage of the conformity level between the English summative tests towards the syllabus for English subject. Regarding the problem above, Creswell defines “the purpose of an exploratory sequential mixed methods design involves the procedure of first gathering qualitative data to explore phenomenon, and then collecting quantitative data to explain relationships found in the qualitative data.” 3

D. The Instruments of the Study

There are two instruments of the data. Here the following two instruments of the data: 1. Documentation record Documentation is one of the important data collections of the qualitative research. The documentation record is collected by two documents. They are the syllabus of English subject that includes indicators and English summative test paper. Moreover, indicators of syllabus are used as a reference in analyzing how far the conformity between the English summative test to the syllabus by using a checklist table and the English summative test papers are used as the object of the study that is analyzed. 2 L.R. Gay, Geoffrey E. Mills, and Peter Airasian, Educational Research Competencies for Analysis and Applications, 9 th edition, p. 463. 3 John W. Creswell, Educational Research Planning, Conducting, and Evaluating, Quantitative and Qualitative Research, 4 th edition, p. 543.