6 The researcher limits the research only in the students’ speaking
participation in order to obtain deeper and better understanding. Moreover, speaking as the productive skill becomes the basic needs of communication. The
students’ English ability and mastery will be known first from how they speak, choose the vocabulary, and their fluency. The researcher chooses the eleventh
grade students for two specific reasons; first, because they are seen to have had enough exposure in English, and second, they have not been given the burden to
prepare for the final examination.
C. Problem Formulation
After having known the problems in conducting international class, the researcher formulates two questions that need to be answered by this research.
They are: 1. How significant is the influence of the CBI implementation in the
international class of SMAN 3 Yogyakarta? 2. What are the influences of the implementation of CBI in the international
class on the students’ speaking participation?
D. Problem Limitation
The researcher would like to limit the discussion on the significance of the influence in CBI implementation in the international class and the students’
participation in speaking English. The sample for this research, which later will be PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI
7 discussed more in Chapter III, is the students in 11
th
Grade of SMA Negeri 3 Yogyakarta
who join the international class.
E. Research Objectives
According to the problem formulation, the research’s objectives are: 1. To find out how significant is the influence of the CBI implementation in
the international class of SMAN 3 Yogyakarta. 2. To know the influences of CBI implementation in international class
towards students’ speaking participation.
F. Research Benefits
The researcher expects that the research would bring benefits for the sake of better education in Indonesia. The thorough discussion of the research benefits
will be: 1. For the English teachers, this research is expected to help the teachers in
understanding more about CBI implementation in the international class, knowing its pluses and minuses, so that the teachers are able to develop better
approach and method related to the situation that the teachers have in their classes.
2. The researcher also considers this research will bring benefit to the Indonesian Government, especially those in the Education Department. The reason is
because this research is going to see whether the Indonesian education field is ready to have and conduct international class in the schools or not, so that the
8 policy of the international class in schools later on will really be prepared for
the sake of national education development. 3. The schools which have already opened international class in Indonesia are
also expected to get benefits from this research. This research’s goal is to see whether they have done what are needed to make qualified and successful
international class. Furthermore, through this research, the schools will also know the best ways to raise the students’ English comprehension and
proficiency and their motivation to join international class. 4. This research is also expected to give a basic foundation about the
implementation of CBI in the international class, so that this research will be helpful for those who want to conduct a deeper research on the same topic.
The researcher expects that this research will bring benefits to the researcher and the readers especially English teachers, the government especially
the decision-makers in Indonesian Education Department and the schools which have already opened and run international classes in Indonesia, and also will bring
clearer and more understandable explanation on the implementation of CBI in the international class.
G. Definition of Terms
