Reasons for choosing the Topic
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Limitation of the Study
1.8.1
Limitation of the subject study Subject of the study in this research is the eight graders of SMP N 1 Slawi
which are 200 students divided into 8 classes; they are 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 8.4, 8.5, 8.6, 8.7, 8,8. Because the subject of the study is too large, the writer has to limit them
into specific one as the sample. Then, the writer uses random sampling technique to choose the sample. After doing random sampling, the writer gets 8.4 as the
sample.
1.8.2
Limitation of the Puppets This study uses puppets as media in teaching transactional and
interpersonal conversations. Actually, there are so many kinds of puppets; they are finger puppet, bag puppet, shock puppet, hand puppet, etc. Because there are
so many puppets, the writer has to limit them. Then the writer chooses hand puppet because it can carry on a conversation with the students Norton 1980:
54.
1.8.3
Limitation of the Material This study is about using puppets in teaching transactional and
interpersonal conversations. Transactional and interpersonal as the material in this study, has many kinds, but the writer chooses some of them; they are asking,
giving, and refusing service, asking, giving, and rejecting goods, asking, giving, and declining information, asking, giving, and denying opinion.
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