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CHAPTER III RESEARCH METHODOLOGI
This chapter presents the purpose of the study, the time and place of the study, the method of the study, the subject and the object of study, the writer’s
role on the study, the research design, the classroom action research procedures, the data and source of data, the instrument of data collection, the technique of
collecting data, the technique of data analysis. The trustworthiness of study, and the criteria of action success
A. The Purpose of the Study
The purposes of this action research are ; first, to improve the student’s ability in using imperative sentences through TPR at MTs Islamiyah Sawangan,
second, to solve the teacher’s problem in teaching imperative sentences, finally, to improve aspects of the teaching or to evaluate the success of teaching learning
activities.
B. The Time and Place of the Study
This Study was carried out from July to September 2010. The place was at VII grade students of MTs Islamiyah Sawangan Depok, academic year
20102011.
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C. The Method of the Study
Based on the purposes of the research, the method used in this study is Classroom Action Research CAR method. According to Kemmis and Mc
Taggart as quoted by Nunan state that action research is a group of activity and a piece of descriptive research carried out by a teacher in his or her own classroom,
without changing the phenomenon under investigation. There are some definitions of action research stated by some experts.
According to Kemmis quoted by D. Hopkins defined action research as following: “Action research has been defined as a form of self-reflective
enquiry undertaken by participants in social situations in order to improve the rationality and justice of their own social or
educational practices, as well as their understanding of these practices and the situation in which these practices are carried
out”.
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Based on the statement above it can be concluded that action research is a series of procedures, a group of activity and a piece of descriptive research carried
out by a teacher in the classroom in order to improve aspects of teaching or to evaluate the teaching learning activities.
D. The Subject and the Object of Study 1. The Subject of Study
The subject that was observed in this study was the students of Junior High School at grade VII MTs. Islamiyah Sawangan, academic year
20102011. The number of students consists of 24 twenty four, 11 girls and 13 boys.
2. The Object of Study
The object of this study is Total Physical Response TPR to develop student’s ability in using imperative sentences.
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D. Hopkins, A Teacher’s Guide To Classroom Research, Bristol: University Press, 1993, p. 44.
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E. The researcher’s role on the Study
In this research, the researcher acts as teacher, planner, executor, and reporter. The position of the researcher is the main executor. The researcher
making planning, doing the action planning, making test before CAR Pre-test and after CAR post-test in each final cycle, observing, collecting and analyzing
the data and reporting the result of the research. Besides, the researcher is helped by the English teacher and she acts as observer.
F. The Research Design
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