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Another reason for choosing this school was both of the school was the familiarity of the teacher and the students. The teacher had taught the
students for one semester, so she had been familiar with the students. Therefore, it was expected that there will be natural performance in the
instructional process during this study Emilia, 2005.
3.2.3 Participants
The participants of the study were two English teacher and the two classes of the eleventh grader consisting of 40 students each classroom.
Grade eleven were chosen in this research, the reason for choosing eleventh grade is because they are not focusing themselves on the National
Examination UN, so the research hopefully will not disturb the preparation of the examination. The purpose of choosing one whole class is also based on
the researcher’s intention to have a real picture of a classroom situation mainly in terms of number which, in Indonesian context, mostly of large class
consisting 35- students. This choice is in line with Van Lier’s suggestion to
have research in ongoing and regular classes 1988 that further contribute to the reliability of the study.
3.2.3.1 School Profiles
School characteristics can be seen in the table 3.1 below. Information on school and student characteristic were obtain from classroom
observations done by the researcher while conducting the pilot study in the
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classroom and from informal interviews with some English teachers at these schools.
Table 3.1 School Characteristics
No Level of
Education School Characteristic
Number of Participants
1 Grade XI
Senior High School
RSBI Pilot International Standard School, favorable in Cimahi, English is taught 6 hours a
week. Most students in this school have generally good English, since the speaking
English ability is one of the requirement to enroll the school
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2 Grade XI
Senior High School
Regular school. English is taught 5 hours a week. From an informal interview with one of
the English teachers in this school, students in this school need to be motivated to learn. Most
students in this school can be can be categorized as mid achiever.
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3.2.3.2 Teachers Profiles
Two English teachers who were involve as respondents in this study have the same level of educational background. the followings are the
description of them. Teacher A was graduated from English Education Department of a private
university in Bandung. She has been teaching English at School 1 since 1984 up to present. To develop her knowledge in teaching English, she will enroll
the post graduate studies on the next semester.
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Teacher B was graduated from English Education Department of a state university in Bandung. She has been teaching English for 20 years, but it was
her 15 year-teaching in school 2. She has participated some workshops and seminars to improve her knowledge in teaching English.
3.3 Data Collection Method
