CHAPTER III RESEARCH METHOD
A. Type of Research
This research was categorized as classroom action research. Kusumah and
Dwitagama 2009:9 explain that classroom action research is research conducted by teachers in their own classes by a way of planning, implementing, and
reflecting action collaboratively with the aim of improving their performance as teachers, so that students learning outcomes can be improved.
In this research, the researcher and the teacher of the subject collaboratively carry out the research at
least in two cycles. Furthermore, Kusumah and Dwitagama 2009:9 explain the ideal classroom action research is one that is carried out in pairs between the ones
who perform the action and the ones who observe the ongoing proses of implementation of the action. The ideal research results are valid findings which
do not contain any subjectivity.
B. The Research Subjects
The subjects of this study were the students of grade VIII C SMP Negeri 9 Yogyakarta. The numbers of student in the class were 34 students that consisted
of 14 male students and 20 female students. The choice of this class was based on the agreement between the researcher and the English teacher. There was no
special reason of choosing the class because, based on the information from the English teacher, all eighth grade classes had almost similar reading ability and
difficulties. The students’ achievement in the class and in the mid-term exam also showed almost the same average score for all classes.
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C. Research Setting
The setting of the research consists of a place where the research took place and the time when the research was carried out.
First, this research was conducted at SMP Negeri 9 Yogyakarta. The location of the school is quite strategic since it is located in the main street in
Jalan Ngeksidgondo 30, Yogyakarta. By looking at the overall building and rooms, this school has sufficient facilitations to support teaching-learning
activities. It has 18 classes which consist of 6 classes for each grade. Each class consists of about 32 to 34 students. There are 4 English teachers and all of them
are from S1 graduates. In addition to the English teaching-learning process, this school also has a language laboratory.
Furthermore, the research was carried out in the second semester of 20142015 academic year. The research started from April 16
th
to April 30
th
2015. It took four meetings for two cycles in which one cycle consisted of two meetings.
D. Focus of the Research
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