14 in the theoretical description. In this section, the researcher will relate the theory
in theoretical description tothis research. According to Altmanat al.
1985, students’ perception towards something can influence their behavior response. In this research, the researcher wants to
identify the perception of the students of Speaking II class F about the use of role play technique. Their perception might be positive or negative, yet their
perception will influence their motivation to learn. The more positive their perception the higher their motivation is.On the other hand, the more negative
their perception the lower their motivation will be. Thus, their perception will determine the effectiveness of the role play technique in Speaking II class F.
Speaking II is a compulsory course in the English Language Education Study Program of Sanata Dharma University. This subject is offered in semester
II. According to the Academic Guideline’s Book 2011, “On completing this
course, the students are able to express their own personal feelings and options using appropriate vocabulary words, opinions of others, and use appropriate
technical terms and expressions in various contextual English discourse. ” Role
play technique can be used as one of the activities in this course because it needs the real practice in order to develop the speaking skill especially in the
pronunciation.
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CHAPTER III METHODOLOGY
This chapter discusses the methodology used in conducting the research. The research methodology consists of six parts; research method, research setting,
research participants, instruments and data gathering technique, thedata analysis technique, and theresearch procedures.
A. Research Method
In this research, the researcher used survey method since the goal of the study is to identify the students’ perceptions on the use of role play technique in
speaking II class. “Survey is used to measure attitudes, opinions, or achievements – any number of variables in natural setting” Wiersma, 1995:169. Furthermore,
this research will accommodate the researcher to identify the answer of the problem formulations.
Besides conducting a survey, the researcher also used qualitative research. Qualitative research is used because this research focused on theunderstanding on
social phenomenon from the perspective of the participants in a natural setting. Furthermore, according to Denzin and Lincoln 2000,qualitative research
described as qualities of entities, processes, and meanings; not experimentally examined or measured in terms of quantity, amount, intensity, or frequency.
Qualitative research method used observation, interview, and document analysis
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since the concept of quantitative research was focusing on discovering facts of thesocial phenomena and assuming a fixed and measurable reality. The research
instruments used in this research were questionnaire and interview.
B. Research Setting
This research was conducted on Monday, 25 May 2014 and Wednesday, 4 June 2014 in the English Language Education Study Program of Sanata Dharma
University. The researcher distributed the questionnaires on Monday, 25 May 2014 and did the observation and interview on 4 June 2014.
C. Research Participants
The participants of this research were the students of Speaking II class of the academic year 20132014. The researcher chose one Speaking II class as the
participants ofthis research; the class chosen was class F. There were 27 students in class F.
D. Research Instruments
This research used three kinds of research instruments to collect the data. Those research instruments used were questionnaire, observation, and interview.
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1. Questionnaire
Questionnaire is a research instrument in which the respondents or theparticipants provide the answer whether in the form of written responses or
mark items that indicates their responses. The questionnaire which was used in this research consists of two parts.
The first part was open-ended question and the second part is close-ended questions. According to Foddyas cited in Reja at al, 2003, the open-ended
questions allow theparticipants to express their opinions without being influenced, while in theclose-ended questions, the participants only chose the answer based on
the options given. For the implementation of this research, the researcher used questionnaire
as the main instrument to collect the data. The questionnaire consisted of 30 close ended questions which were divided into three categories. The first category
consisted of thirteen statements about the implementation of role play in Speaking II class. In this category, the students were asked about the whole activity of role
play done in the class. The second category consisted of ten statements about the advantages of role play in Speaking II class. In this category, the students were
asked about what they have learned from therole play activity in Speaking II class. The third category consisted of seven statements about the
students’ perception on the use of role play technique in Speaking II class. In this part the students were
asked about their general opinionon the use of role play in Speaking II class.
