CHAPTER III RESEARCH METHODOLOGY AND RESEARCH FINDINGS
A. RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
1. Place and Time of The Research
The field research of the study was held at “Dharma Karya Universitas Terbuka” Junior High School which is located at Jl. Talas II30 Cipayung, Pondok Cabe Ilir, Pamulang, Tangerang.
The writer did the research from January 2007 to March 2007
2. Population and Sample
The population of the research consists of three classes with the total 57 students from the second year students of “Dharma Karya Universitas Terbuka” Junior High School, Pondok Cabe Ilir.
The sample was taken by 100 from students. The total number students which are taken as the sample are 57 students. Unfortunately, four students were absent when the test was taken. So, the total
numbers of students which are taken as the sample are 54 students.
3. Instrument of Research
In the research, the writer gave the test to the second year students of “Dharma Karya Universitas Terbuka” Junior High School focused on the tenses as an instrument. The test consists of
30 items of multiple choices which divided into three parts: The first is ten items related to simple present tense. It consists of affirmative, negative, and
interrogative form. The second is ten items related to simple past tense. It consists of affirmative, negative, and
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The third is ten items related to present perfect tense. It consists of affirmative, negative, and interrogative form.
4. Technique of Data Collecting
The next step of this research is collecting the data. To collect the data based on topic discussion, the writer did an observation by visiting the school, and asks for doing the test given by the
writer. The writer also takes an interview with the English teacher to get more information about topic discussion.
5. Technique of Data Analysis
The technique of data analysis that is used in this research is descriptive analysis technique percentage. This is described in the table of percentage. In the table of percentage the writer uses The
formula as follows:
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100 ×
= N
F P
P : Percentage
F : Frequency of error occurred
N : Number of sample which is observed
B. RESEARCH FINDINGS 1. Description of the Data
As the writer mentioned before that this ”skripsi” discussed the errors done by the second grade students of “Dharma Karya Universitas Terbuka” Junior High School on tenses. To get the data, she
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