Time of the Research Place of the Research

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CHAPTER III RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

A. Research Setting

1. Time of the Research

This research is carried out in ten months from July 2010 until February 2011. Preliminary observation as the first stage was conducted on July. The second step was designing research proposal that was conducted on August until September 2010. On October, seminar on research proposal was held. The next stage was making research instruments. This was on October as well. November 2010 until January 2011 was the time for giving treatment and collecting the data. Writing research report was conducted in January 2011- February 2011. Finally, collecting research report was on February 2011. The research schedule is as follows: Table 3.1 Research Schedule MONTH ACTIVITIES July-September 2010 October 2010 November 2010 – January 2011 January- February 2011 Preliminary Observation and Designing Research Proposal Seminar on Research Proposal and Making Research Instruments Giving Treatment And Collecting The Data Writing Research Report and Collecting Research Report 34 commit to user xlix

2. Place of the Research

The place of the Research is IKIP PGRI Madiun, located on Jl. Setiabudi 85, Madiun. This university is one of the favorite universities in Madiun. There are about 8, 000 students who come from different regions, such as Ngawi, Magetan, Ponorogo, Madiun itself and so on. IKIP PGRI Madiun has eleven departments including English Teaching Department. Department of English Teaching has big number of students compared with those of other departments. There are four grades in academic year 20102011. Each grade consists of eight classes. So, the total number of the class is thirty two classes. The facilities which are provided by this university are complete and good enough. Two English Laboratories and two microteaching laboratories are available for the English Teaching Department students. However, these facilities are only occupied by the students who are on the certain subjects such as listening and seminar class. Besides, there are internet, air conditioner, and a central library which provides a lot of books which are needed by the students.

B. Research Subjects

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