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B. Research Participants

The respondents and sources of data of this research were the sixth semester students who were taking Microteaching class in the academic year of 20052006 at the English Education Study Program, Sanata Dharma University. There were five Microteaching classes in English Education Study Program. However, the researcher took four classes as the respondents. There were 100 respondents from Class A, Class B, Class C, and Class D. Actually, there was also Class E, but the researcher did not include the Class E students as this class was for eighth semester students or above. The researcher had purposive sampling that is there is judgement of typical or representative sample elements which are choosen from the population Ary, D., Jacobs, L. C., and Razavieh, A., 2002. The researcher took the respondents as purposive sampling because the focus of this research was the sixth semester students because this is the first time for them to take Microteaching class as well as to be recorded using the video camera as the student teacher in front of the class.

C. Setting

This study was conducted in even semester Academic Year of 20052006. It took place in Microteaching classes of English Language Education Study Program, Sanata Dharma University, Yogyakarta.

D. Research Instruments

In order to gather the data needed from the students, the researcher employed two types of data gathering instruments, those were a questionnaire sheet and an interview sheet. The main instrument was a questionnaire which was in the form of PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI 29 close-ended and open-ended questions. The close-ended questions were supposed to find out the students’ perceptions on the use of video camera in Microteaching class the first nine statements and to dig out information about the feedback that the students obtained from watching their own performance the other nine questions that is number 10 up to 18. The open-ended questions were supposed to not only find the students’ perceptions on the use of video camera and the feedback gathered from using it but also gather any suggestions or recommendations in order to maximize the use of video camera. The interview was conducted to verify the results of the main instrument. It is meant to ensure and to recheck the students’ answer in the questionnaire. The questionnaire and interview sheets can be seen in the appendix 1 and appendix 2.

E. Data Gathering Procedures