by VII C class as the subject of the research in which they had to answer 40 questions of multiple choice.
E. Instruments of the Research
Some instruments were used to gain the data of the research. The instruments were interview guide, observation checklist, and reading
comprehension test sheets. The interview guide was used before and after the action. Before implementing the action, it was used to ask the students and
the English teacher’s opinion related to the problems commonly happen in reading comprehension. The result of interviews could determine the
appropriate activities to teach in the class. Furthermore, at the end of every meeting, the students, English teacher, and the collaborator were interviewed
in order to get their opinions and feelings after implementing the action. Moreover, the observation checklist was used by the collaborator to
check the teaching and learning process. It was used by giving a tick to the statements describing the researcher’s performance, the students’
participation, and the situation of the classroom during the implementation of the strategy. The result of the observation checklist was in the form of field
note in which the collaborator and the researcher wrote any kinds of situations during the implementation of the action.
In addition, the tests were conducted two times. Those are before the action pre-test and after implementing the strategy post-test. The prototype
test also was conducted before pre-test and post-test. It was done to check the validity of the test. In the pre-test, the test involved 32 students at the seventh
grade. The purpose of the test was to see the students’ ability in reading comprehension. The result of the test became the consideration to arrange the
appropriate activities to be used during the action in order to improve the students’ reading comprehension. Furthermore, the post-test was done to
check the students’ improvement after implementing the strategy. Finally, a camera and an audio recorder were used to record the teaching
and learning process. The photographs and audio recording helped the researcher to make the report. Those also can be as evidences of the teaching
and learning process that had been conducted. In the practice, the collaborator helped to take the photographs.
F. Technique of Data Analysis
Two techniques of data analysis were used in the research. Those were qualitative and quantitative. According to Denscombe 2007:289, the
qualitative data can be analyzed from the various kinds of data formats, such as interview transcript, texts, field notes, and photographs. Therefore, those
kinds of data were analyzed in the findings as the qualitative data. In this particular research, the processes of analyzing the qualitative data involved
the steps as suggested by Burns 1999:157-160. Those are assembling the data, coding the data, comparing the data, building interpretations, and
reporting the outcomes. In the process of assembling the data, the data collected from the actions,
such as the field notes, interview transcripts, documents, and photographs, were assembled. The data were scanned and analyzed so that they could be fit
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