Constructing the Instruments Collecting the Data Analyzing the Data Reporting the Data

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2. Defining the Population and Sampling

For the second step, the researcher decided the target population for this research. The target population was the students of the English Education Research Program in Sanata Dharma University Yogyakarta, students who were taking the Microteaching class in the academic year 20112012 in particular. All students in Microteaching class academic year 20112012 were included as the participants of this research. After deciding the population, the researcher then took 55 Microteaching students as the research sample. The researcher used purposive sampling in conducting this research. The researcher selected the students who had finished all the peer teaching practices and also had experienced teaching junior class. The researcher chose the participants because they had experience in implementing questioning skill.

3. Asking Permission

The researcher asked permission first from the chairperson of the English Education Research Program of Sanata Dharma University Yogyakarta to conduct the research in the campus area before conducting this research. The process of asking permission first started by writing the permission letter and then asked the chairperson’s signature.

4. Constructing the Instruments

The researcher employed observation, the questionnaire and the focus group discussion in answering the research questions. The observation was done by using the participants’ teaching performance videos and observation sheets in order to record the data needed for this research. The questionnaire was set in the 39 form of open-ended and close-ended forms. In the questionnaire form, the researcher used the Likert Scale which had numerical values with the certain meaning. Then the interview used by the researcher was in the form of focus group discussion where the participants were situated in a comfortable environment in doing the focus group discussion. In conducting the focus group discussion, the researcher asked the questions related to the research problem to the participants and recorded the data to be analyzed.

5. Collecting the Data

The data collection was done by distributing the questionnaire, conducting the focus group discussion and conducting the observation. The questionnaire was distributed at the end of May 2012. The researcher gave the explanation first about the procedure of how to fill in the questionnaire. Meanwhile, the focus group discussion was conducted in the middle of June 2012. The observation was conducted after the survey was conducted. The researcher observed 14 videos and then used observation sheet to record the data from the observation.

6. Analyzing the Data

After gathering the data, then, the researcher analyzed the data obtained from the questionnaire, the focus group discussion, and observation data result.

7. Reporting the Data

In the final step, the researcher wrote the report of the data from the results obtained and drew a conclusion on this research. 40

CHAPTER IV RESEARCH RESULTS AND DISCUSSION

In this chapter, the researcher presents, analyzes and discusses the data obtained from the observation through videos, questionnaires and focus group discussion. The data was gathered from students of the English Language Education Study Program ELESP of Sanata Dharma University who were taking Microteaching class in 20112012 Academic Year. This chapter presents the answers of the three questions stated in the research problems. The researcher divides this chapter into three parts. The first part is the results and discussion about the implementation of questioning skill in the Microteaching class. The second part is the results and discussion about students’ perception on their questioning skill performance in Microteaching class in the English Education of Sanata Dharma University. Meanwhile, the third part is the results and discussion about the students’ feedback to improve their questioning skill performance in Microteaching class. A. The Implementation of Questioning Skill in the Microteaching Class by the Students Who Act as Teacher The data in this section will answer the first research question. In answering the first research problem about how the questioning skill is implemented in the Microteaching class, the researcher observed 14 students of Microteaching class by employing recorded video of their teaching performance. In the video, the