25
CHAPTER III METHODOLOGY
This chapter presents some important points to answer the questions stated in the problem formulation. Chapter III discusses about research method, setting,
research participants, research instruments, data gathering technique, data analysis technique and research procedure.
A. Research Method
This research was conducted to find out how a set of teaching speaking using mind mapping for the 11
th
grade students of SMA N 1 Ngaglik was designed. In this research, the writer applied Educational Research and
Development RD as the method. Educational Research and Development is a process used to develop and validate educational product and the goal of
educational research. This process is not to develop the product, but rather to discover new knowledge through basic research or to answer specific questions
about practical problems through applied research Borg, 1983, p. 772.
There are ten steps in RD cycle used to develop courses, namely research and information collection, planning, develop preliminary form of product,
preliminary field testing, main product revision, main field testing, operational product revision, operational field testing, final product revision and
dissemination and implementation Borg, 1983, p. 773. Based on ten steps in PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI
26 RD cycle, the writer only chose the first five steps which were appropriate and
relevant to the research. The five steps of the method based on the RD cycle were elaborated in the following explanation. The writer also gave some
explanation about each step in order to know wh ether the writer‟s framework was
appropriate with RD steps or not. It also helps the writer to prove that the writer‟s framework and RD steps were matched. The explanation of each step
was elaborated as follows.
1. Research and Information Collecting
The writer in this study conducted need survey by doing observation for 2- 3 meetings in order to know the characteristics of the learners of 11
th
grade students, the teaching learning situation and its process, and also the media used
in the English lesson. The data for the survey was collected through questionnaires and interview. It had a purpose to get the information about
students‟ needs, proficiency, and supporting matters. This step of RD was in line with the writer‟s first step.
2. Planning
The second and the third step of the writer‟s design model were
formulating goals, topics, and general purpose, and learning objective. These steps were in accordance with the planning phase of RD.
3. Developing Preliminary Form of Product
In this study, developing preliminary form of product was very important to get the feedback from the evaluator and then revise the designed material. In
this step, the writer designed the material based on the result of need survey. The PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI
Kategori